JASON
The meeting had taken longer than I expected. By the time Marcus and Elias left with Caleb, I remained seated for a moment, staring at the papers in front of me. The terms Conrad had sent through his representatives were still written there, along with the counterproposal I had made. Nothing had been resolved yet, but at least the discussion had ended without things getting worse.
I eventually pushed my chair back and stood. Faye was still in the room, just as she had been throughout the entire meeting, even though she had remained quiet.
She had not interrupted once or offered an opinion while Marcus and Elias were speaking. She had simply sat beside me and listened.
Yet I had found myself glancing at her more than once during the meeting. I had not expected her to speak, but I
