"Mr. Hughes, please don’t put Mrs. Hughes on the spot. I’m really fine—if she hurt me, it was entirely unintentional," Zoey said kindly, smoothing over the awkwardness. "You have a meeting soon. I’ll go prepare the conference room."

"I’ll come with you." Stanley gave Jasmine a weighted glance, his tone cool and deliberate. "Jas, I’m very disappointed in you today. Think about what you’ve done. We’ll talk at home."

With that, he turned and instructed ...