I had felt for a while like I wasn’t the master of my own life, my own future, but more and more, it seemed like everything was spiraling out of control.
In the past, I had at least felt like Jake had my best interests at heart. Now, I wasn’t so sure that he did. Not if those interests meant I was going to have to marry Ian and stay locked away for the rest of my life.
So I went down to Jake’s office, lucky to catch him at the estate before he left for the day. He was typing away at his computer, an email perhaps. When I knocked on the door, he looked up. He seemed surprised to see me.
“Annette? It’s early. Is everything alright?”
I didn’t want to lie to him so I held my tongue. “I need to talk to you about something. Is now an okay time?”
He glanced back at his computer screen, but w
