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"Is that Mr. D?" she asks.

"He is," I answer, then pause to look at her, my left brow raising. "You know him?"

"I met him once at the coffee shop," she says, glancing at him. "He looks-"

"Eccentric," I finish it for her, laughing. 

I don't know why, but I harbor no hatred for Ella. It hurts to see her taking my place in Zed's heart, although I have no right to feel that way. Yet, she's also the reason I've been stripped of my guilt for leaving Zed. I'm a human, after all. But even if this stupid jealousy makes me feel like an idiot, I am truly happy for Zed. I just don't want to see them together. It makes me regret the things I failed to do as his wife.

Ella's lips twist into an amused but confused smile. "Eccentric?"

"You'll get to know him soon since your office will be in this building with him."

I lead Ella to a hallway on the ground floor and stop at the last door of the left wing. I glance at her, and our eyes me