ARDENJett had been oddly, infuriatingly cagey all week.He was dodging simple questions about weekend plans, slipping out of the room to take low-toned phone calls he refused to explain, and checking his watch with every single breath he took. I had noticed every single anomaly without saying a word out loud, filing each suspicious detail away in the quiet back of my mind."You're being weird," I said flatly on Friday evening, setting my wine glass down as I watched him glance at his phone screen for the third time in under ten minutes."I'm not being weird," he said seamlessly, leaning back against the velvet restaurant booth."You've checked that phone eleven times since our appetizers arrived, Jett. I'm counting.""I'm a very busy man, Arden." He finally flipped the device face-down on the white tablecloth and focused his full, dark eyes on me—a little too smoothly. "Chairman duties. Highly demanding.""Uh-huh." I narrowed my eyes at him across the candlelit table, entire
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