Chapter 43

Jake walked out of the boardroom meeting without any clue as to what he had just sat and endured for the last hour. Margo had been glaring his way, nudging him with her foot under the table every few minutes and making him aware of how ‘out of it’ he was. He had been this way since his father’s email had come in, informing him that Emma was back in his building, Back within reach, and he had no idea how to handle it. He didn’t know if he should be happy or panicked that he could see her around his building again. He wasn’t sure how the hell to feel about it but couldn’t deny the slight feeling of hope in his chest that he could bump into her.

If he was being honest, he hadn’t had his head in the game for weeks, not since he had sent her away and today was just another prime example of how ‘not well’ he was doing without her in his life.

Traipsing behind a couple of his colleagues toward the bank of elevators, he tried like hell to focus on his afternoon schedule. He knew