Chapter 243

Emma waited a beat, still no reply from Max. She looked up at him. "You got here pretty early, huh? Something going on?" Max figured it was another sudden company issue. Ever since Emma took the helm, she'd been handling most tasks herself, so a lot slipped past him. "Nothing serious. I’ve got something this afternoon, so I just came in a bit earlier." "Oh—" Technically, today was a day off. But considering how messy things had been at the company lately, neither Emma nor Max had taken a proper weekend break in a while. Emma was only taking the afternoon off to spend time with family—mostly because Ethan wasn't around. Without him breathing down her neck, she finally felt she could steal a breather. "Secretary Woods, do you need anything else?" After a moment, Emma had already gone back to reading through some files, yet Max was still standing there. She figured he probably had something on his mind. "No, Ms. Grace, I’ll head out now." Max had been hovering at Emma’s desk this whole ti