Julian’s POV“Us? What us?” I demanded.At first, I had felt some guilt for not telling Olivia the truth of where I was, or where I’d been, but this was the exact scenario I had been hoping to avoid with my secrecy.Olivia felt that she owed a piece of me. In a way, maybe she did. She had once been
Olivia’s face fell. “He came here for something. I don’t know what, but he lied to me about where he was going and what he was doing. I wasn’t surprised to discover that he came to you, though I am disappointed that you didn’t immediately send him on his way. I would have thought you didn’t want to
Amber’s POVOlivia was likely here to see Julian, so hoping to avoid her, I looked around for my morning appointment, to get that patient to the back before Olivia could see me. Unfortunately, Olivia was the only one in the office at the moment.This gave me a sinking feeling, like a dark intuition,
“Thank you for the invite,” he said to her, then turned his smile up to me. “It was a nice surprise.”The… invite?Alice glanced back at me, then quickly away, looking guilty. A certain someone must have gone behind my back to see Julian. I was annoyed by this, but I could recognize my own part in i
Amber’s POVAs expected of an Alpha, Julian was a fast learner and in no time at all, had learned to be a good assistant. He even befriended Carla, shadowing her for a while to learn the in’s and out’s of what she did.For a few days, he proved himself, as he claimed, to be a dutiful assistant. Ever
There was a knock on the door, and my assistant Carla poked her head through. “Amber… That man from yesterday is here for you.”My stomach dropped. I had just seen him yesterday, and already I was going to have to be faced with him again? Did he want to argue more? I didn’t know if I was ready for t