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April:I did something insane

April:i need... idk

Laura:Great. Crystal clear. Love this for us.

Laura:Is this "insane" legally actionable or emotionally actionable?

April:both??

April:kind of???

Laura:I’m going to need you to use your words like an adult human woman with a college degree.

Laura:What. Happened.

April:i might be engaged

Three dots appeared, disappeared, reappeared, and stayed for a full thirty seconds.

Laura:I’m sorry.

Laura:I think my phone autocorrected something.

Laura:Because it LOOKS like you just said you’re ENGAGED.

Laura:To the man you were crying about an hour ago.

Laura:Which is INSANE.

Laura:Please clarify.

April:not to chad

April:to killian

Laura:KILLIAN BLACKWOOD?!?!

Laura:YOUR CEO?!?!

Laura:APRIL MARIE FEULLER.

Garlic, rosemary, and expensive butter drifted through the office. The glass doors slid open, and Mateo Rossi swaggered in, trailed by four servers bearing silver trays.

April:it's fake

April:probably

April:gotta go lunch is here

Laura:“PROBABLY”?!?!

Laura:DO NOT HANG UP ON ME.

Laura:APRIL.

She silenced her phone.

Mateo looked less like a chef and more like a rockstar: sleeves rolled, forearms dusted with flour and old burn scars, a smirk that suggested he knew exactly what you’d eaten for breakfast and quietly judged you for it.