That had made me the office laughingstock. Gold-digger. Desperate. Shameless.

And now? Here he was, openly intimate with Tania, without a shred of restraint.

So his "professionalism" had only ever applied to me.

The last thread of attachment I had to Neal disintegrated into dust.

I deleted every chat history with him. Blocked him on everything.

I stared at the breakup text on my screen. Hesitated for a moment.

Then hit send.

"Neal, we're done."