At the mention of the ‘L’ word, I straightened. “There’s no love! It’s—it just could be a want of possession or obsession of his. I don’t know. But there is nothing like that you’re implying.”

She sniffled. Her sharp little nose was red from her continuous sneezing. Her honey blonde hair was tied in a messy bun. “Even Jeff Bezos wouldn’t do something as crazy as buying an entire company that would cost him a fortune just to bring a girl close to him he wanted.”

I rolled my eyes, but my treacherous heart skipped at her words. After I found out from Tobias that OC Textiles’ owner was Ace, and not Caleb, I was shocked. I even had doubt that he had something to do with my transfer. It wasn’t just Caleb. Though, I wasn’t sure. When I accidentally told Cassie about this, she got this illusion he bought that company from Mr. Cooper for me. Even though I didn’t want to believe her, it did make some sense.

“He must’ve had some other agenda behind it. And it could be a pure coincidence he found out I’d be working in that company, and so he told Caleb to transfer me here. That’s it.” I still denied.

“Really? And what about the message he sent you just the night before that day? That you can’t escape him anymore? Your time was over and blah, blah? Can you explain that?”

I opened my mouth and then shut it. Crossing my hands over my chest, I shrugged.

She gave me a look, but to my utter surprise, she changed the subject. “How’s Warner?”

I cocked my head. “Uh, he’s good?”

What was she trying to do now?

She nodded. “You guys talk every day?”

“No. Both of us were really busy the entire week. But he did call this morning.” I checked my phone, but there were no calls or messages from him. “He was supposed to call me again tonight.”

“So long-distance is already at its work,” she hummed.

My brows creased. “What do you mean?”

Her shoulders lifted as she grabbed her coffee mug and took a sip, sniffling. “Isn’t it simple? Even strong relationships don’t work with long-distance most of the time, and here we’re talking about your one-sided relationship.”

“It isn’t one-sided.”

“Oh?” She raised her brow. “So, you love him?”

Silence.