~Nathan~“Confirm the booking for the 26th of this month, and make sure the LA assistant takes over everything I’ve scheduled, I don’t want any mistakes, and prepare my hotel room properly because I will not be dealing with incompetence when I get there,” I said into the phone, my tone calm but firm, the kind that didn’t invite questions or hesitation.“Yes, boss,” my assistant responded quickly, and the call ended just like that, efficient, clean, controlled.Unlike everything else in my life right now.I dropped the phone on the table and leaned back in my chair, running a hand down my face slowly as I exhaled, because for the first time in a very long time, work was not the thing stressing me out.It was her.Kate.God.Even thinking her name felt like a problem.After tomorrow, after Christmas, I was leaving this house, leaving this environment, leaving whatever madness had decided to take over my sanity the moment she walked through that door, because if I stayed any longer, I wa
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