I swallowed the words that were already on the tip of my tongue. I made Sean a cup of coffee and delivered it to his office, then went back to my desk and got to work.

A week flew by in a blur. With Pam and Adam helping me, I was getting more and more comfortable in the executive assistant role.

At noon, Talia happened to be handling something at Greenland Tower and asked me to grab lunch. We didn’t even need to discuss it—we both chose a nearby Mexican ...