Her eyes were wild with jealousy. "You've never been this concerned about anyone before."
I raised my gaze to meet hers. My expression was severe, commanding without raising my voice. "Do you even know why she came to the factory, or why she disappeared?"
"That's ridiculous," Amara scoffed, her words sharp as a cornered animal's. "I'm the general manager of this branch. Why should I care about some secretary who's barely been here three days?"
Her pain made her voice brittle. "But you—the CEO of the entire company—causing all this commotion over a secretary? Anyone would think she was your mate, not just your employee!"
"Amara," I said coldly, "if you devoted even a fraction of the attention you waste on me to your actual responsibilities, perhaps your mind wouldn't be quite so dul
