Not the employees.
Not Vanessa.
Just the truth standing between us.
“You remember me,” I said softly.
His jaw tightened.
Because of course he did.
Even if he hadn’t expected to see me here.
Not like this.
Not now.
Vanessa frowned, confusion breaking through her anger. “Nathan, what are you talking about? She’s just—”
He cut her off without even turning.
“Stop.”
One word.
Flat.
Final.
The room felt it.
Vanessa froze.
And for the first time since I had seen her—
