chapter 16: Shadowing the devil
(Present - two days before the interview, Jared's office)
(Jade)
Jade woke up with a killing headache from a nightmare—yes, Jared was the star of her nightmare, he mostly was—blissfully unaware of Jared's plan to win her back from her supposed husband. Oh, how ignorance was such a blissful feeling.
The sun was bright as it stole it's way through the gap in the curtains and she rubbed her eyes with a groan. It was unusually sweaty and hot today and Jade wondered if it was some kind of premonition to the upcoming disaster. He was a disaster. And she was not ready to face him, or his stupidly handsome face or his irritating smile. Everything about him made her feel like she was ready to explode. Tick, tick, like a ticking time bomb. She was already counti
