Aaron bolted upright from his seat. “What?! What happened?”

Xante was about to tell him Corinne had gotten into Jeremy’s car when she noticed how red and swollen Aaron’s face was. “What happened to your face?”

Aaron touched his burning cheek. “What else? I was slapped by a girl,” he said self-deprecatingly.

“Serves you right,” said Xante with disgust.

Aaron shrugged. “Well, aren’t you going to tell me what happened?”

“The boss ran into Jeremy downstairs, and he asked her to get into his car. I don’t know where they’re going now, and she’s not picking up my phone.”

“Why would Jeremy be downstairs?” asked Aaron quizzically.

the boss just happened to be there. He told her to get in so

all in that slap, so

All he did was ask whether she would want

them too, right? Jeremy will never do anything to the

the boss at the time being, but do you think he’ll speak nicely to her? What if the boss gets so

to pick up my calls. I think it’s better if

I call her. Come on, I know you’re good at

sighed pitifully. “Fine. I’ll call her, but you need to step

ordered Xante before she left the office to give him some

picked up his phone and stared at the screen despondently. It was not that he could not put down his pride to call Annie, but she had blocked him in all the ways he

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