He had rules, alright. Hard set, important rules that controlled the way he lived. And one of those rules was that Personal Life and Professional Life were two completely 100% seperate sections of his life, and they stayed that way. He had Work relationships and Personal relationships and the two didn't mix, not as much as he could help it.
But she had to flip that, just like she did to everything else in his life. Admittedly, it was out of her control that she met Tessa, mostly, but she wouldn't let it go afterwards. Every conversation they had she brought Tessa up somehow. He really, really didn't get her.
Especially when they were at the diner. She was right, Tessa was waiting, and if he was a little out of sorts, well, shouldn't he go to her? But it still felt wrong to walk away. He didn't want to think about why.
