Chapter 30: Scones With Dillon

Cassandra’s POV

The next day, I pulled up to the café to meet with Dillon. I was a bit nervous as I walked through the door. I didn’t know why I was nervous. Was it because I had to tell him we wouldn’t be moving forward with the collaboration?

Or was it something else?

I did my best to shrug it off. This was a business meeting, after all.

Dillon had chosen the café. He said it was one of his favorite places, and raved on and on about pastries or scones or something. Originally, I’d wanted to meet in his office, since that felt far more ‘business-like’, but he’d persuaded me.

He was already there, seated in the corner of the small café. He was wearing a crisp white shirt, rolled up at the elbows with a couple of the top buttons undone. He looked casual and comfortable, like usual.

He saw me and waved, a huge smile breaking out onto his face.

I went over and he motioned to three coffees on the table.

“I took the liberty of ordering a coffee for you,” he said. “But I didn’t kno