Chapter 217
~ Hailey ~
The look Frankie gave me sent a genuine chill down my spine.
It wasn’t neutral. It wasn’t polite professional interest in a colleague returning after trauma. It was sharp. Measuring. The kind of look that skimmed over me from head to toe and filed away conclusions before I’d even opened my mouth.
Almost… territorial.
I’d never actually spoken to Frankie one-on-one before. We worked in the same department, technically, but we existed in completely different orbits. She floated through Keytone Group with an ease I’d always envied—tall, elegant, flawlessly put together no matter the hour of the day. She was the kind of woman people noticed the moment she stepped into a room.
The most beautiful girl in project management. Everyone said it like it was an objective f
