Chapter 16
Tess bought a coffee downstairs at the local coffee shop before going up to her office. Everything was perfect. Life was good. Once the elevator doors opened, she strolled out with a bounce in her step. The smile on her face refused to dissipate. Mitch cared about her, and they would see each other in just a few hours for dinner. And more, if she had her way.
She waved to a few people she passed in the halls, walked into her office, and closed the door.
With her coffee still in her hand, she sat and flipped on her computer. She hummed the entire time it took for her to open her emails and her computer program on real-time analysis of her deals to fire up.
The moment the program opened, she saw her name in red on the screen. Her brows furrowed. She hadn't started a merger to
