Alone together

Days went by and Elijah assured me that he would make it up to Marco. However, Marcus and I still hadn't addressed the incident that occurred last time. I had accused him of brainwashing Marco, but before anything else, I had asked Betty to take care of Marco while I was at work.

As the clock struck 1pm, I found myself sitting in my office, staring at my computer screen, attempting to concentrate on the never-ending stream of emails flooding my inbox. But my mind kept wandering back to Elijah, my fiancé and business partner, who had dropped a bombshell on me earlier in the day.

"Hey, Sweetheart," Elijah said, entering my office with a serious expression on his face. "Can we talk for a minute?"

I turned towards him, giving a nod and motioning for him to take a seat. "What's on your mind?"

Elijah took a deep breath before speaking. "I have to go on a business trip next week. It's a sudden development, but it's incredibly important. I need to finalize a deal with our company's biggest in