Chapter Twenty-Four

Of course, he’s right.

And he damn well knows it.

What’s worse is that he seems to have arrived at a conclusion contradictory to the one we’d agreed upon at his house.

This trip isn’t only about business. It’s additionally not just about spiriting me out of the city while these “we” people handle the issue of me having inadvertently picked up a stalker.

This is about him changing his mind and literally cornering me.

Because he knows he can sway me to his side.

There’s no ill intent here, nor is this forced proximity any sort of nefarious coercion.

It’s an opportunity.

I will have the leeway to say yes or no. That’s the way this man operates.

He’s pressing my hand, no doubt. But in the end, I’ll still be given the choice to proceed or retreat.

This is simply a trifecta of a solution to all the complications that are currently colliding in our world.

Our. World.

Yep. At this point, Jameson and I are in all of this together.

I sip my water as the safety protocols are explained to me by I