Aldo
I remained silent and observant through the meeting Layla called the following morning. We hadn’t spoken a single word to each other since our fight.
Things were bad.
After she blatantly expressed her refusal to work with Ethan, she had left the bedroom and chose to stay in one of the other guest rooms for the night. She’d skipped out on breakfast and immediately went to the planning room to resume her strategizing.
“Alright, is everyone paying attention?” she asked pointedly. “I’m only going over this once.”
The room gave out a collective affirmation. “Yes, boss.”
I couldn’t keep the corner of my mouth from curving upward. She was truly magnificent. She was in her element. It was as though she had been prepped to take this position her whole life. Even though things weren’t
