Chapter 09: Trapped in the Closet

ETHAN

The next day, I worked hard to gather all the information I would need to start organizing the finances of the Columbia laboratory. There was a part of me deep down that was hoping for missing information about the research department. Just so I could have an excuse to see her. And realizing that made me fucking irritated.

I managed to make a list of all the missing information before lunch. I asked my assistant to schedule a meeting with Mrs. Anderson. She could only meet with me at the end of the day, and I accepted. I tried to convince myself that all the anxiety was because of work and not because of her. But I knew that in any other situation, I would have postponed the meeting to the next day.

I arrived punctually at the laboratory, the meeting was scheduled for five in the afternoon. I spent the next forty minutes with Alice in her office, explaining everything I would need, in addition to what she had already told me. When we reached the last items on the list, regarding