She put her palm flat over his, feeling the heat through the leather. She thought about Benjamin—how he had been small apologies and how his betrayal had been a slow leak rather than a clean break. With Brandon the terms came up front, sharp and precise. There was no going back now

She found herself smiling “All right. I’ll apply.”

He squeezed her hand once. “I’ll drive you there. We’ll do the rounds together.”

At the building, the glass doors swallowed them into a foyer that smelled faintly of coffee and official things. Brandon walked her to the HR department himself, introduced her with the professional posture he always held....