Lucy had made a mistake, and she knew it. But what she didn’t know was what to do now. If not for the beautiful woman who had stepped in, she wasn’t sure how things would’ve ended. Or why, exactly, she’d confronted her professor like that—in his restaurant.

Her professor. Her boss.

She wanted to scream as she snatched her jacket from the hook and prepared to leave. Embarrassment mixed with regret, boiling in her chest.

“Lucy?” the manager called out just before she reached the exit. “I don’t think you should come in tomorrow. Let me speak with the boss first.”

She exhaled, shoulders slumping in defeat.

“Thank you, sir,”...