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Chapter 64

ARLO’S POV

Willis’s car drove into my new company. I had left home in a fit of rage, (after my altercation with Ivory)

I saw him from the vast view of my office. He stepped down, straightened his suit, and made his way into the building.

I glanced at my wristwatch and calculated two minutes before my door opened.

As expected, my office echoed with a knock on the door and the corners of my lips lifted in a wry smile.

“Come in,” I said, hiding both my excitement and curiosity.

Willis entered, and I snapped my gaze up to meet him. I paused, my mind racing with questions. He didn’t look his usual self.

“How did it go? Did she hit you?” I asked, my calm voice betraying the tumultuous feeling in my mind.

Willis offered a strained smile, settling in the chair across me on my work table.

“She didn’t.” He replied, “I think she’ll be there.”

I exhaled, heaving in relief.

Silence fell over us briefly.

I regarded him for a moment before I finally asked.

“Why the long face?”

Will