Chapter 341

Madison

Tuesday morning’s bright sunlight slashed through the half-open blinds of my apartment as I finished the last sip of coffee. I was already running through the day’s schedule in my head. I glanced at my new blue dress hanging on my closet door, the price tag still attached.

What had I been thinking?

I adjusted my black pencil skirt and smoothed my cream blouse before grabbing my laptop bag. The Manhattan Project files were organized in perfect, color-coded folders, my favorite part of being a project manager. Organization kept me sane, especially when other parts of my life felt wildly out of control.

Like my feelings for my boss. Or ex-arrangement partner. Or whatever Alexander was to me now.

When I arrived, the executive floor was quiet. I set my things at my desk and checked emails before preparing Alexander’s morning coffee.

His office door was closed. I knocked twice, balancing the coffee cup in one hand.

“Come in.”