Right there standing with his arms half extended as if trying to catch her from an impossible length between them, Valentine stood ten feet away with a twisted expression on his usually smooth face.
She wished he didn't have to see her embarrassing herself over and over again, and in a desperate maneuver to keep herself from crying right then and there, she decided that he should be the one ashamed for having his secretary lie to her. 'He's obviously alone, they could've called me' she thought to herself.
*Ding!*
The elevator door opened right then, and Summer didn't have the heart to turn around and see the secretary's face as she witnessed her fall from grace in that pathetic state that she was in on that floor. Then she quickly decided that anyone who could help her on her two feet other than her CEO right now was a welcomed addition to their party.
