Chapter 20. Keeping Her Safe

Albie's POV

Closing the door to her office, I walked back to mine. What just happened? Why the shift in her mood? I know I wasn't just imagining it.

Passing by the hallway, I met Cassie again, she smiled eagerly, batting her eyelashes and touching her hair.

I didn't waste time with her, I replied hastily and by the time I was back in my office. It just dawned on me.

Did her change in mood have anything to do with Cassie? It makes a bit of sense as that was when I noticed her false concentration on the files on the table and the clipped monotonous replies.

I hope she didn't think that I was interested in Cassie, nothing is wrong with Cassie as a lady but I was not interested in her.

As she entered the office, I tried as much as possible to just be plain and simple but maybe she read it differently.

Pushing her out of my mind, I focused on the work at hand. The next case was going to be against her old firm, even if she was