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.

and the boss just happened to be there. He told

tingled with more pain at the mention of Annie’s name as she was the one who slapped him. She gave it her all in that slap, so

All he did was ask whether she

too, right? Jeremy will never do anything to the boss while Annie is there. Plus, she’s still

do you think he’ll speak nicely to her? What if

Why me? She just slapped me, so I don’t think she’s going to pick up my calls. I think it’s better if you call her yourself,”

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,

pitifully. “Fine. I’ll call her, but you need to step out. I’ll give you an update

up. Don’t waste time!” ordered Xante before she left the office to give

not put down his pride to call Annie, but

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