I lifted the phone to my ear. “Mark, I can’t—”
“Paige,” he interrupted. His voice was tight, controlled, but beneath it I heard the panic. “You need to come here. Now.”
“Where?” I froze mid-pour. “What’s happening?”
“I’m at the office,” he said. “Cole’s in a glass conference room. HR’s here. Darren too.”
My stomach dropped. “What did Cole do?”
Mark paused briefly. “The company card. It got flagged.”
I gripped the edge of the counter. “Flagged for what? I didn’t even know he had access to it.”
“Hotel charges. Expensive gifts. All connected to the trainer from the office gym. Alyssa. She’s technically a vendor through the wellness program, and compliance has been auditing Cole’s expenses for weeks. They didn’t know it was an affair until last night. They just knew he was draining money.”
My stomach twisted.
“The company phone plan caught it first,” Mark continued. “Then the charges lined up with the same dates. They don’t need rumors about romance. They’ve got receipts.”
I closed my eyes. “Why are you telling me this?”
