CHAPTER TEN
The next morning, Kyle was already showered and dressed when she woke up, feeling drained and out of sorts.
“Are you leaving?” she asked sleepily as she sat up in bed. “Isn’t it Sunday?”
“It is but I got called in for an emergency all-hands meeting. One of our investors filed for bankruptcy on Friday and we only just found out. We’re having a strategy session at nine.”
“Oh,” she said. “Will you be gone all day?”
“I hope not but I can’t make any guarantees. I know we’re a little churned up right now, you and I. Maybe we can hash it out this evening?”
“Okay,” Jessie said, still a little discombobulated.
“I love you,” he said as he leaned over and gave her a kiss on the forehead before heading out.
“I love you too,” she said to the now empty room.
She listened to him hurr
