Chapter 392

Meanwhile, at Grey Corporation, Jabco hadn’t been able to focus since morning. The office was filled with movement. Assistants walked in and out, Phones rang. Papers were placed on his desk, then quietly taken away when no response came. Meetings were scheduled, postponed, rescheduled again. But none of it registered properly in his mind. Jabco sat at his desk, his back leaning against the chair, his fingers tapping restlessly on the armrest. His eyes were fixed on the glass wall in front of him but he wasn’t really seeing anything. Riyana’s face kept appearing in his mind. The way she had looked at him that morning. Calm on the surface. The kind of calm that scared him more than anger ever could. He knew she was angry. Of course she was. He had missed their trip. He had disappeared without explanation. Any woman would be angry. But this time felt different. This time, there was something heavy hanging in the air between them. Something unsaid. Jabco exhaled slowly and rubbed his face