#Chapter 83: The Only Thing You Had To Do

Miles hangs up the phone and glares at Amber. He hopes Esther didn’t hear Amber’s whimpering but with how close Amber is to him and how loud she was being, it seems unlikely that Esther couldn’t have heard. Miles was just thinking of leaving his office when Amber rushed toward him, crying her eyes out. She has no idea how close she was to being tackled by Miles’s security. Maybe he should have let them. But Amber has been a friend to him through thick and thin for a very long time. Even though he’s pissed as hell at the way she’s been treating Esther, it’s hard to remain unaffected when the woman he cares about like a sister is appearing to have a mental breakdown. He invited her into his office and made the call to Esther, but Amber’s promise to be quiet was clearly a bold-faced lie. Now, Miles is ready to chuck Amber back out onto the street, crying or no. “Can we talk now?” Amber asks, bottom lip trembling. “You can say what you have to say,” Miles says, “Then you can