Chapter 6 " I'm quitting Holden Group tomorrow ! Wherever you go , I'm coming with you ! " [ ] Mia fumed the whole drive back to her apartment . [ ] Outside her building , I cut the engine and took her hand . [ ] " You've built a career there . Don't throw it all away for me . Think it through . " [ ] Her parents , her fiancé - her whole life was here . [] Moving to D.C. with me would ruin everything . ] Mia's head dropped . She knew I was right . [ ] As I drove off , she called out from the sidewalk , [ ] " Are you really divorcing him ? " | " But ... you two were so in love ... " [ ] You two were so in love . ]] That phrase haunted me all the way home . [ ] I first saw James during our freshman year of prep school . Mia and I were cleaning the broadcasting room . [ ] He was sitting there - cold , beautiful - reading prose into a microphone . [ ] The sunset gilded his face like a prince from a fairy tale . Senior year , he confessed his love for me . " I've been in love with you since that first day , " he'd said . [ ] Back then , his love was as real and true as daylight . [ ] I'll never doubt that . But truth truth changes . [ ] When I got home , I texted my business partner , Chris : " I'll be in D.C. next month . " [ ] At the headquarters of Apex Al , the boardroom was lit up , even late at night . [ ] Chris Davis pumped his fist at his phone . " YES ! " [ ] Heads swiveled in his direction - the other co founders , all alumni I'd recruited from college . [ ] " Good news , Mr. Davis ? " ] No Rest for Me ? No Prob Tu Ft The You trave Chapter 6 Chris waved his phone in the air . " The Boss is coming home ! " ] The room exploded in cheers . [ ] " Hell yeah ! Apex AI is about to level up ! " ] " Finally ! We've been waiting for this forever ! " ] ] " Wait ... why would the Holdens let her go ? Did she finally divorce that guy ? " ] A sudden silence fell over the room . Chris bolted from his chair . " I'm going to get her myself . " He pointed at three of his executives . " You , you , and you . Wheels up in ten . " [ ] My life with James fit into a single carry - on suitcase . [ ] According to our prenup , all I was entitled to were my clothes and shoes . [ ] As I wheeled my suitcase out the front door , James walked in . [ ] My eyes immediately zeroed in on a lipstick smear on his collar . [ ] It was Zoe's shade . An exact match . There was no mystery about where he'd spent the night . [ ] " Leaving ? " he asked , his voice low , his gaze locked on my luggage . [ ] He snatched the suitcase from my hand , hurled it aside , and sprawled out on the sofa , his eyes hard . [ ] " Enough with the tantrum , " he said . [] " You win . Okay ? Now come here . " [ ] He opened his arms wide . ]