Hillary
He knows about Jackie and Jake? And from the look of it, he sounds like he knows more than I do.
“You know about them?” I ask, but before he can answer, a knock comes on the door.
He pulls away from me and walks back to his desk before telling the person outside to come in.
“Oh, I assumed she’d be in here. The CTO is here to see you, sir,” Elizabeth, the receptionist, says.
“Let him in,” Ben nods.
I immediately leave the spot I’m standing on, dazed, and start to prepare for their meeting. Julian, the CTO, is basically Ben’s second in command, both of them weird, brilliant nerds who drink bourbon like water.
As soon as I’m done, I start to leave just as Julian walks in. He sends me a filthy side glance as he passes, the same way he always does—like he already knows what I am
