Dread and shame washed over me and I couldn’t help but look towards the door now and then. My eyes flickered to and fro between the man sitting at his desk, as he frowned once in a while looking at my reports and leaving a deep sigh, and the door as I anticipated Augustus’s visit.

James had already informed me that Augustus would be here anytime and I didn’t want to face him, not after knowing he knew half of my past.

I took a deep breath to calm myself as I fidgeted with my fingers.

“I can smell your anxiousness, you know, right?” I jumped as James closed the...