Chapter 49

XANDER “I Lily. I had to physically stop Zeke from doing exactly that, but we can’t go around killing our own employees. That would be bad for business. I’m on the phone with Kristin, listening to her run through our new marketing strategy when my door bursts open and slams into the wall with such force that the window behind me rattles in its frame. “I’ll call you back.” I end the call and give Lily my undivided attention. “Are you out of your goddamn mind?” she shrieks. Well, that wasn’t what I expected, but now that she mentions it … I am out of my mind. Out of my mind wondering what she’s doing without me every second of every fucking day. I’m still trying to figure out how to respond when she gestures wildly, and I bite back a laugh at the makeshift leash in her hands. “Is this some kind of sick joke? Sending me a goddamn puppy?” The puppy flops onto his butt and grins at me, his tongue hanging out of his mouth, and I can’t help but grin back. “Xander!” “What? I saw him and he sou