He lowered his eyes to his desk and scoffed. When he looked up at me again, the shadow seemed to have passed.
"I was expecting you to laugh," he said dryly. "Turns out you aren't joking."
I exhaled. Okay, his reaction scared me more than I'd admit. Why did the mention of a relationship get to him that much?
He went back to shuffling papers.
"This—This is serious, Marshall. In my defense, I didn't expect him to take it seriously. I'd thought the conversation would die in his office. It was the only way I could stop him from seizing power from me. Marshall, you have to understand." I paused. "Now, he's requesting to see you."
"Solayne, you better go back there and tell daddy you were high on drugs. I don't do relationships."
The asshole.
Well, I wasn't surprised. Marshall became too c
