Chapter 228

Friday morning I got to the office fifteen minutes early, hoping for a little quiet before the day exploded. But the second I stepped into our room, I froze.

On my desk sat a massive bouquet of red roses, at least two dozen of them arranged perfectly in an elegant crystal vase. The soft scent hit me before I even walked over.

"Okay," Ivy said, peeking over her computer screen with a deadly serious