Chapter Thirty Four

Sebastian

That next day, I presumed I'd walk into work without a PA, readying myself for losing the enigma that was Cassidy.

Honestly, I had no clue why I had been acting the way I had; my mother brought me up with more manners.

She vied to teach me that women were worth their weight in gold, something my father never upheld, though they have been married for more than thirty years, so he must do something right.

Cassidy humours me, sticking around for the remainder of the week as I ensure I'm on my best fucking behaviour as I vow not to put that look of desolation upon her features again.

But that doesn't mean she doesn't make any excuse she can think of not to spend time with me.

Gone is the willing PA vying for my attention, and in her place is a woman that keeps her fucking face down on the laptop that doesn't present the amount of work that she leads me to believe she's completing.

I should be happy with the lack of attentiveness and the reprieve she's given me regarding her comp