The Assistant's Escape: From Abuse to Love

ightened. He tur

lanced at his simple suit and frowned. "You're the Jenkins fami

o a designer b

and left the study, not seeing the flicke

him over the years. He didn't have to open it to know what was inside. She never seemed to

ing. Through the partially open window, he could see her face, serene and focused. She

uldn't be

ze and got into t

en she saw he was still in his own suit

said, his voice low. "I'm

rning cold. "The Jenkins family doesn't mistreat i

her. He gave in. "I'll chang

n finall

'clock, year-end summary meeting in the main conference room. Eleven o'clock, m

deal with yesterday's sc

ed at her,

something like this happen

murmured

again. "You've been off all m

he have to be upset? He was just t

," he ex

, I told you. I can give you a marriage, I can give you money, but

her heart belonged to David. He knew the six years he' d had with her

ldn't ask for a

s disappointment. "I know," he s

ing his attention back to

nt, she felt like something was slipping away, s

arture. He had less than a month. H

ient, so he went home first to pick

onds on the collar. "I've never seen you wear

n no

cally bounced. "Great! My bi

lf to tell him the truth. It wasn't a gift of love. I

enkins family mansion. The sound of laug

never so much as touched Leo, holding David's son, Lucas

all my useless in-laws' fault, making you fall into debt and separating you and Sarah. You two were fate

full of deep affection. "I'm jus

rned to loo

d faintly

king laugh. For a stupid second

grip on Leo's h