He gave him a polite smile. "Good morning, Mr. Grant."
Jacob returned the smile. "Good morning."
Even as he spoke, a flicker of annoyance rose within him at Nigel's sudden appearance, interrupting the time he had intended to spend alone with Aliana.
Nigel, on the other hand, narrowed his eyes slightly at the acting CEO lingering outside his boss's door so early in the morning and asked casually, "Mr. Grant, I'm surprised to see you here so early."
Jacob was about to reply, but Ali beat him to it.
"Oh yes, Jacob was just leaving to have breakfast. Nigel, I need you to report back to me in half an hour so we can go over some material before today's conference. Now, if you two will excuse me, I need to get ready for the day."
With that, Aliana quickly shut the door before either of them could say another word.
