Chapter 44

It wasn’t until Friday that Cassie had to leave the office for something other than getting lunch for herself and Felix. All throughout the week, her schedule had fallen back into the same rhythm before the arrival of Bethany. By the time she got to work, Felix would have already been seated behind his desk working. After Cassie handed Felix his cup of coffee, she would then turn her attention to her own computer until it was lunch time and leave the office to get lunch for herself and Felix. Although they both had lunch in the same space, none of them would ever call what they did having lunch together as they both sat at their respective tables wordlessly nibbling at their food. After her lunch, Cassie would go back to her computer until it was time to go home.

Often, Cassie wondered what time Felix got to and left work but she daren’t voice her questions to him. He might not have been as horrible as his mother but there was a professional gap between them and Cassie didn’t think it