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Arabella’s face lit up. “I can’t wait.”

June left Arabella’s office feeling like she was floating. She had so much

work that she bypassed Beth’s office and decided to work on an email

where she could properly write out everything she wanted to say. She’d

have a few days to complete it, then she’d send it and book a meeting with

Beth privately right after. They’d talk it out and everything would be fine.

The new shoe line was going to be amazing.

Even more amazing was that they’d both just used that word. That crazy

four-letter word that was so hard to say. While it wasn’t I love you, it was

always a good idea to encourage your partner and starting with the things

you appreciated and loved about them was a great place to begin using that

word.

She’d said it to precious few people in her life who weren’t related to her.

Yes, she used it all the time, like everyone else did, but just thinking about

using it with Arabella, when the time was right, made her feel like she was

floating even higher, so high that the spectacular shoes she had on, that so

many people had worked so hard on to make a reality, her favorite pair ever,

felt like they were miles and miles above the ground.

Chapter 20

Arabella

Beth’s face was ashen when she stumbled into Arabella’s office. Not

walked. Stumbled. She didn’t knock and she hesitated, the door hanging

open. Her skin was white, not chalky, but waxy. Arabella jumped out of her

chair as soon as she looked up and saw Beth.

“Oh, my God, are you okay?”

Beth moved her hand to signify something, what exactly, Arabella wasn’t

sure. She tried to make eye contact, but Beth’s eyes strayed away, darting

around the office. “I-I-I need to…”

“I think you should sit,” Arabella said when Beth trailed off. She wasn’t

being impatient when she pointed at the chair in front of her desk. She

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