Alya POV
I didn’t know what time it was when John came back to my office. I thought he wanted to borrow Ember again, so I spoke before he could say anything.
“You can borrow her,” I said, not caring, not even half the mind to look up at him.
“That’s not why I came here. Did you ask Ember to get our schedules?” Frustration was evident in his voice.
“No. Why?” I quickly glanced at him and went back to signing documents. I stilled my heartbeat so I wouldn’t give any indication that I was lying. I was nervous about getting caught.
“Alya, whatever you are thinking of doing, drop it.”
“What do you think I am going to do? I’m trapped here? Could you explain to me what you are accusing me of? I have so much to do!” I waved to all the papers around my desk. I have documents waiting to be sig
