FORTY EIGHT

JASON

One week, it had been one full week since Elizabeth left and I was not feeling any better. I snapped and lashed out at anyone I could find in sight and soon even Agatha was avoiding me.

One week and not a word from her, not a beep on my phone indicating a message from her and not one click indicating that she had picked all the calls I had made to her, I thought grimly, staring out of my office window.

She was gone and along with Michael who had resigned the same day she had left me. I had to bring myself to understand that she was gone and I was never going to be able to watch her smile or glare at me and I would never be able to kiss or hold her ever again.

“FUCKING HELL” I growled, grabbing my tie and tossing it away from me. The damned thing was suffocating the life out of me.

“You have a visitor” my assistant, Caleb said. He stood at the door and poked his head in like he wanted to be anywhere but there with me and the moment and rightfully so, I had been mean to them all w