Chapter 293

‘Me?’

"It was confirmed today—you never did have a second interview lined up with Leonardo." He watched as she colored up, watched her hands tighten around her drink, and couldn’t help but smile in triumph. It's been Brianna playing for some time now. "You never even had a first!"

"No," Brianna finally answered, glad for the water that had been poured—glad that there was actually something she could do with her hands as she fiddled with her glass.

"You never even sent them your résumé, did you?"

"Why bother asking when clearly you’ve been checking up?"

"Of course," Elmo answered evenly. ‘What? Did you think that I wouldn’t? Did you expect me to just trust you? Did you think that I really thought I had the hotel name wrong?

"I’m surprised you had time to even think of me when you were with Bonita," Brianna spat. "I’m surprised I even entered your head."

"I don’t have to explain myself to you." In a curiously insolent gesture, Elmo raised one shoulder, then dropped it. "But clearly, aft