urgently, and Darla’s face gradually drained of color. She turned to Evan again, but this time there was no arrogance in her eyes—only fear.
Evan softly took his suitcase and moved toward seat 2A. Before sitting down, he turned to Darla and said, “We need to have a conversation about what happened today.”
Darla lowered her phone.
And For the first time that day, she realized the man she had publicly humiliated was not someone she could simply order away.
He now held power over her husband’s entire company.
PART 3:
Darla stood beside seat 4C with her phone still pressed against her ear. Her husband’s voice had become increasingly frantic, asking her where she was and whether she had spoken to Evan Cole. She watched Evan sitting calmly in 2A and eventually whispered, “He’s here.” There was a long silence on the other end.
“What did you say to
