Mia Knight

Roth's Headquarters

Added 2024-03-09 16:00:02 +0000 UTC

Clip from her surprise visit to Roth's office.

Sarai nodded and turned to Jasmine, who was staring through the glass walls of a nearby conference room where a meeting was taking place. “Have you been here before?”

“Right after he moved in. It was late at night. No one was around.” The night he proposed she whore herself out to save Hennessy & Co. She glanced at the waiting area where a pregnant and desperate Colette waited all day for Roth to give her five minutes of his time. She blew out a breath and tried to ignore the familiar flash of anger. That was all in the past.

“Let me show you around.” Sarai linked arms with her. “There are forty-two employees here.”

“He hired that many people since he arrived in New York?”

“No, most were already in his employ, but scattered in different regions. Now that he’s declared this is headquarters, everyone’s been relocating. It’s wonderful poking your head into someone’s office instead of worrying about time zones. We’ll be able to cut down on travel so thank you for that.”

She didn’t know how to respond, so she didn’t. Back in Colorado, Roth said New York was his new headquarters. That had nothing to do with her. He said he was cutting down on travel, but the permanency of his employees moving here to be with him hit her full force. She assumed she wouldn’t run into him post divorce. Now, she wasn’t so sure. She didn’t intend to be in the city often, but knowing his headquarters were across from her family’s office made her tighten her grip on her purse. She would never be able to escape him.

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