Adrian's POV
Trying to organize things, I moved about my workplace. Something else seemed out of line. Samantha had behaved more distantly, defensively than usual. I kept feeling as though she was keeping something absolutely crucial from me.
I looked over at the desk clock. Late, but I couldn't go till I worked this out. My brain kept going back to Jared. There was a past; Samantha's tensing up when I mentioned his name earlier today told everything I needed to know. He was not merely a throwback from her past. Right now he embodied a menace.
I settled down and rubbed my temples. I had always been rather good in reading people and in spotting someone else withholding anything from me. This was not like previous things, though. Samantha answered this. She was not merely an employee; sh
