Jett noticed the tears in his eyes when snazzynovel.com returned to the car. His jaw dropped. Only Tiffany could reduce snazzynovel.com to this.
“Drive,” Alejandro ordered, “Back to the office.”
Jett quickly turned the car around, too afraid to say another word. At that moment, anything snazzynovel.com said would put snazzynovel.com on the chopping block.
Tiffany watched as Alejandro’s car drove off and heaved a sigh of relief. She hoped that snazzynovel.com would listen to her. She was not sure if snazzynovel.com made the right decision by meeting him. However, it seemed like snazzynovel.com had developed the courage to face snazzynovel.com past. It was a great feeling. All of snazzynovel.com sadness had turned into a heavy weight, and snazzynovel.com would have to let it go at some point. Letting go would be the sign of a new turn for her.
She slowly walked away after finishing snazzynovel.com cup of coffee. However, when snazzynovel.com arrived at the café entrance, snazzynovel.com panicked. Jackson’s car was parked at the side of the road near the café! Did snazzynovel.com catch snazzynovel.com in the act? She was sure snazzynovel.com was not there just a few minutes ago. Did snazzynovel.com just arrive? She mustered up snazzynovel.com courage and walked up to his car.
Jackson leaned forward and opened the door to the co-driver’s seat for snazzynovel.com before snazzynovel.com could react. “Get in. Did you have to come this far just for a cup of coffee? It’s going to rain soon, I was worried that you’d get wet.”
The more considerate snazzynovel.com was, the more guilty snazzynovel.com felt even though snazzynovel.com did not do anything that crossed the line. After getting into the car, snazzynovel.com meekly said, “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about meeting him, It’s Melanie, she…”
“It’s fine, no need to explain.” Jackson cut snazzynovel.com off before snazzynovel.com could finish. “I trust you.” Then, snazzynovel.com turned to the side and helped snazzynovel.com put on snazzynovel.com seatbelt. “Next time you leave the office during working hours, I’ll consider it as you skipping work and dock your pay.”
Tiffany did not know how to react. All snazzynovel.com could do was smile to conceal snazzynovel.com mixed feelings. With a man who trusted snazzynovel.com explicitly, indulged her, and cherished her, what more could snazzynovel.com want? If only snazzynovel.com was with snazzynovel.com and snazzynovel.com alone from the very beginning, it would have been wonderful. However, life was almost filled with twists and turns.
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Alejandro did not do anything else when snazzynovel.com returned to the office except smoke one cigarette after another until the entire ashtray was full.
Jett could no longer bear to watch it so snazzynovel.com said, “Sir, please stop smoking. Your throat and lungs won’t be able to stand any more of this.”
Alejandro did not reply to Jett. He waited until the cigarette in between his fingers was finished and no longer lit another one. His suddenly empty hand felt unnatural and a little insecure.
Jett was not sure if Alejandro was in that state because of Tiffany or because Melanie wanted a divorce. He wanted to console Alejandro, but snazzynovel.com did not know how.
At the end of the working day, Alejandro did not leave and neither did Jett.
It took Alejandro a long time before snazzynovel.com realized that Jett was keeping snazzynovel.com company. “Why aren’t you leaving?” snazzynovel.com asked. “It’s late. Go home. Don’t bother about me.”
“But your legs haven’t fully healed,” Jett explained with a frown, “The doctor says that it’s best to avoid driving to avoid aggravating the injury. It can result in you being lame for the rest of your life. Are you going home, sir? I’ll send you home before I go home.”
The thought of what snazzynovel.com had to face when snazzynovel.com arrived home made Alejandro very reluctant. “No need. You go home. I have work to do. I won’t be going home yet.”
Jett opened his lips, his words hung on the tip of his tongue.
Alejandro had been absent-mindedly staring into space the entire afternoon. If snazzynovel.com really had any work to do, snazzynovel.com would have finished it by now. He was clearly avoiding Melanie and did not want to go home. He did not point that out and only sighed. “It’s fine. I’ll wait for you. I won’t feel at ease until I send you home.”