Chapter 39

ANNA. My heart is raging in my chest and I fall back by a step, leaning against the table, trusting it to keep me from falling. I swallow as I stare into blue eyes that are dark and narrowed. "Who let you in here, Mrs.?" I blink. "I came to..." My voice trails off and I swallow, staring over. "I came to hand in my résumé. I was going to take you up on your offer, working as your secretary. But I've changed my mind. Excuse me." How could he just walk in and put his hands on the first woman he sees? What sort of disrespectful behaviour is that? My cheeks are flushed from embarrassment and I can't unlive the past five minutes of my life. If this is his behaviour around his workers, then I'll be better off working somewhere else than here. Deciding to come here to apply had been because of Sean. He'd slept out last night again. Refusing to let him share my bed seems to have cut whatever thread that pulled us together. He doesn't even pretend to care anymore. Not for me or Finn. I ca