Chapter 67

• When we left Wellington Tower, Lucas held my hand. No one was around since he’d let everyone leave early for the day in celebration of a particularly beneficial arrangement between Wellington Enterprises and a previously reluctant company, but it didn’t matter. The way his fingers held onto mine, his warm palm pressing slightly against my own, it was amazing. I felt brazen and bold and if the world saw us right now, no matter what happened, I knew that we could persevere.
• It was a good feeling but I didn’t know if it was the proper feeling. With his wife, Lucy, and his director of public relations, Mark, plotting to ruin Lucas’s marriage and company, I thought we shouldn’t be so complacent. This wasn’t a game, it wasn’t a minor obstacle. Lucas Wellington was the billionaire CEO of Wellington Enterprises and he possessed a lot of worth that was capable of becoming destroyed.
• And yet, when he held my hand and walked with me through his office building, I felt comfortable and confident. A little less worried and unsure, and much more optimistic. Everything would work out fine, right?