Suzanne's POVWhen I went to the bathroom to treat the burn on my hand, I saw a message my best friend, Capri Leigh, had sent half an hour earlier.[Suzie, don't overthink what they're saying in the group chat. They just love to tease. Don't take it seriously.]I dried my hands and replied. [I know.]Julian Locke, my boyfriend, had also messaged me a minute earlier. [I was only doing that to avoid suspicion. Don't read too much into it.]I stared at the message, and a strange heaviness settled in my chest.In my three years at the company, I had lost count of how many times it had happened.At team events, dinners, or meetings, there was always a department manager, Capri, or some other employee next to Julian. It was never me.Even when I had a chance to stand beside him, he would switch places with someone else to avoid suspicion. He'd even ignore me whenever I looked at him and brush off everything I said.My coworkers noticed how distant he was with me, and they treated
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