letting his work consume him. He had a long day of meetings which distracted him temporarily from the hurt he was feeling over Elise. And as if the memory wasn’t a reminder enough, his knuckles were busted up from punching the douchebag. They throbbed constantly and were a reminder of something he wished he could forget. Elise didn’t call, text, or email him over the last two days which was a sign that it was over between them. The best days of his life were completely eradicated by the worst five minutes of his life. His chest ached badly with the absence of Elise. But, he couldn’t believe that one minute she was in love with him, and the next she was in the arms of another man. He felt so betrayed. When it came to her old flame, he could never compete. He owned a part of Elise that no one else could, and if Trey couldn’t have all of her, he didn’t want any of her. It was getting late in the day, and his assistant buzzed his office, “Mr. Watts, you have a visitor.” “Who is it, Maggie?”
