Eleanor couldn't remember the last time she'd seen Julian at the hospital.
Given where things stood between them, she felt it wasn't appropriate for her to text him and ask what he'd been so busy with lately.
Once, she hadn't been able to help asking Edward. He said Julian was busy with a very important project at the company and couldn't spare the time.
Julian was always busy, really.
Cross Group was vast, spanning many industries. In the emerging sectors, Marcus was nominally the CEO and Julian was the president, but in reality Julian held the real power.
So every matter, large and small, fell on Julian's shoulders, putting enormous pressure on him, both in time and in mind.
Eleanor had known that before. It was why she'd run the household so well, leaving him with nothing to worry
