Chapter 59 - Can't Stay Away

Austin

- 1 month later -

She’s surrounded by her friends.

A smile followed by laughter.

A quirk of my lips in response to the joy blatantly on her face.

I divert my attention back to the company’s clients who joined us.

“Splendid, charity events are my favorite,” Mark commented beside his wife Alice.

“No one forced you to be here,” I told him.

“She did,” Mark motioned to his wife.

“Would’ve loved to see my god-daughter instead of you,” I said.

“Ouch, why are you so snippy?” he said.

“Is this because of your ‘assistant’?” Alice asked, looking around, “You’re not flirting with her and you’re not glued to her side, what happened?”

“We’re not together anymore,” I mumbled.

“Oh, that explains why you’re sulking back here and staring at her all the way over there,” Alice nodded to Olivia’s table where she was having fun with her friends.

“He cheated on the girl,” Tommy inserts himself into the conversation. “I gave him a black eye for it,” he said proudly.