ing to make herself small, but her hips spilled over the designated space. The woman next to her sighed lou

r of the car. The news was playing a loop of the explosion at t

charges," the anchor announced. "Neglig

r eyes. Her fat

receptionist-a girl Emely had once tipped a

she said, po

, Sarah.

change

hear the whispers of employees behind the glass partition, Liam, Kody's assist

desk. He didn't stand up. He didn't look up

him, instinctively reaching out. "Kody

ointed to the leather chair opposite the desk

of paper across the pol

The words swam before her ey

e the wedding?" Her voi

and through his gelled h

the factory? Kody, we've been toget

. "The Cohen name is poison, Emely. My investors are getting nervous. I c

!" Emely gripped th

her not as a woman he loved, but as a liability. His gaze travel

mur. "Look at you. Do you really think you fit the im

been slapped. "You said you didn't care abo

m a dispenser on his desk and wiped his hands, as if just breathi

e blonde woman with a waist the siz

salmon or the steak for l

e cruelty vanished, replaced by a war

ie Wells. His new secreta

ing in mock surprise. "Oh! Is this the del

looked at Emely with flat, dead e

ught she might collapse. She didn't sign. She grabbed

ard, Kody," s

elevator doors closed, Emely saw Kody walk over to Ann