Scarlett POV
The moment the door closed behind me, I finally let out a long breath.
Tonight had gone in a direction I never expected. Was this a blessing in disguise?
Maybe I should actually thank Gary Hirsch.
Because he’d accidentally given me something I’d been desperately trying to get.
I pressed my back against the door and almost lost it.
A laugh nearly escaped before I clamped a hand over my mouth.
Seriously—thank you, Gary Hirsch, and your inability to keep your mouth shut.
If he hadn’t been such a gossip, Jaxen’s trust in him wouldn’t have collapsed this completely.
Now any time someone saw me with Ryan, I could just shrug and say I was following the boss’s orders.
Making money. Nothing more.
The universe had handed me a perfect cover, and I wasn’t about to waste
