Iris returned to where Oakley was sitting and grinned.
“Was he upset at what you thought of your mom?” Oakley leaned forward.
“No, he said he considered it already.” She shrugged, “Come on. We’re going down one floor to get your new laptop. Bo said there is an equipment locker down there. Apparently, my husband has a bad temper and has more than once, furiously swiped his laptop across the desk and off the wall so he keeps a stock of them in the office below.”
“What? Why?”
“Bruce mentioned something about being so close yet so far.”
“Oh, because you were downstairs and didn’t know he was here as your mate?”
Iris blushed and shrugged, “he could have simply come to get me.”
“Why didn’t he?” Oakley asked as she followed Iris to the elevator.
“He wanted to let me fall in love with him
