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Wasn't it?
I honestly didn't know. Somehow, this felt a million times more complicated for reasons that I couldn’t quite understand.
I clamped my mouth shut and looked away.
Into the silence, Jaden said, "By the way, he rescinded his offer."
I turned to look. "What?"
"The job offer – he had a change of heart."
Well, that was a shocker.
I heard myself say, "Can I ask you something?"
"No."
"Sorry, what?"
"No," he repeated. "I'm done." And with that, he turned away, heading deeper into his office. As I watched, he leaned over his desk, yanked open the top drawer, and grabbed his keys.
I glanced at the clock. It was nearly six. Apparently, my time was up.
Already, Jaden was striding past me, heading out the way he'd come. I watched in agitated silence as he pushed through the suite's door and disappeared from sight.
I wasn't sure what just happened, but I knew that I didn't like it. And for once, it wasn't because of anything he'd done. It was because of myself.
The conversation hadn't gone anything like I'd been hoping. Even as frustrated as I'd been, I'd meant to at least offer some sort of thanks, and maybe an apology for bringing trouble into the workplace.
Now, I couldn’t help but sigh. This was only my second day on the job, and already, I felt like I'd failed somehow.
Tomorrow, I vowed, I'd make things right, or at least as right as they could be, considering who I was dealing with.
Unfortunately, I never had the chance.
And why?
It was because Jaden never showed.
Chapter 27
From behind my desk, I said, "So, do you know where he is?"
Standing in my office doorway, the tiny sixty-something redhead gave a derisive snort. "Aren'tyousupposed to know?"
I bit back a sharp reply. The visitor was Darla, who I'd had the displeasure of meeting at Jaden's house right after my initial job interview.
That was two weeks ago, but I remembered it like yesterday. She was Morgan's mom and hadn't been happy to see her daughter fired, which meant that she'd been equally thrilled to seemetake her daughter's place.
And now, she was here in the executive suite, giving me a look of pure loathing. Even worse, it was just the two of us.
I gave her a stiff smile. "Actually, I didn't realize he was going to be out."
"But you're his assistant," she said. "You should know these things."
Yes. I should.
But Jaden hadn't mentioned it, which meant that I knew nothing, except that he wasn't hereandthat he wouldn't be back until Monday. Or at least, that was my best guess, based on the limited information that I had.
