Chapter 26

When eight o'clock came, fully dressed in jeans and a simple blouse, Catherine was now fully awake, feeling a little crappy, exhausted, and restless.

She was suddenly apprehensive about seeing Shawn today. However, she planned to go to work as usual in order to try and gather information about what the company was doing amid the lockdown. Obviously, the meeting would be online, and yet, here, she was not even sure how to start her day. But what does that mean for the vigorous issues between Shawn and her, anyway? What are they? Of course they were civil to each other, but she knew it was more than that.

She had no clue, and by the time she dragged herself out of bed, she heard Eddie call out her name from the door.

"Miss Catherine, um, sir, Mr. Richmond is waiting."

"Thank you, Eddie," she shouted back.

She hastily got herself together, hand-combed her hair, threw on some makeup, tied her hair in a loose ponytail, and raced down the stairs."

"More coffee, Miss?"

"Yes, thanks, Ed