ng overtime at the Estes Group headquarters, the low

oward the main elevator banks. She just wanted to print Naomi's reports, drop them on the

loor, Eleanor leaned her head back against the mirror

she had developed over years of dealing with her mother's strict rules. Her thumb ins

complet

er hands, turning them over frantically, her breath catchin

egs feeling like jelly. She rushed to her cubicle, dropping her tote bag onto her desk. She unzipped it and fra

g, she had made it clear that it was a gift from her fiancé's famil

en it out to try on-simply to appease her mother during a tense video cal

his token of engagement, the ensuing in

and the reason for her carelessness. She would have no peace; her mother would use th

had to be somewhere in the sheets of that m

She had to get it back, but she couldn't exactly march up to the penthou

ng better?" Jaye answ

nd I'm kind of freaking out. My ring. The vintage diamond one my mom gave me. It's not in my purse, and it's not at home

till at the penthouse with Cruz. I'll go tear the guest ro

said softly, a glimmer o

nd I find it," Jaye pro

But if Jaye couldn't find it, maybe she could convince her friend to let her back into the apartment to "look for hers