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.

to pick Annie up, and the boss just happened to be there. He told her to get in so they could

slapped him. She gave it her all in that slap, so much so that it caused the corner of

him. All he did was ask whether she

need to worry. Annie is in the car with them too, right? Jeremy will never do anything to the boss while Annie is there. Plus, she’s

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

think she’s going to pick up my calls. I think it’s

two sentences with her while she worked here, so she’s never going to tell me the truth if I call her. Come on, I know you’re good at coaxing whatever you want out of other women, so use that skill of yours on something

need to step out.

Xante before she

could not put down his pride to call Annie, but she had blocked him in all the ways he could contact her. He could not

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