Chapter 21

For the fifth time, Jayden wondered how the girls’ shopping trip went. He felt like such a jerk for leaving Alex, but Britney and Beth had been so insistent, dragging him out before he had the chance to see Alex.

Lunch with Mr. Marcelo, Britney, and Beth was excellent, and although there wasn’t much discussion about the property he was interested in because Beth and Britney pretty much took over the conversation, he quite enjoyed it. When lunch was finished, Jay wanted to leave straightaway, but Britney insisted he come up to the office on the top floor to look at the property’s paper. It was an invitation he couldn’t resist. Thus, he found himself in Mr. Marcelo’s office, going through countless papers relating to the property, and by the end of the afternoon before he left, Mr. Marcelo invited him to join a cocktail party he was hosting. Jay knew refusing the powerful Marcelo was simply not done, and he rushed home to change into something proper, secretly hoping to see Alex.

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