ury magazine - floor-to-ceiling windows, marble table, leather chairs
y, sketches in one hand,
t crisp, sleeves rolled up just enough to make her remember how
, lips twitching with th
. "This is the concept for your new flagship office. Clean, powerful lines. Dark oak, matt
leave her face.
bout the design,
was
oat tig
lowly, fingers steepled
"Anger faded a long time ago. W
as if giving her space - but Selena knew bette
that made people feel something," he said q
ke a punch to her g
ded him, voice tight. "And I
e look in his eye
astian, the gam
sure if she was playi
though she masked it well. Sebastian's presence always had a way of
llow up?" she asked, ma
tead, he stepped closer - too close - u
reach out back then,
message. One pathetic messag
ened. "There
aring about them
but his words halte
stopped l
d between them l
en maybe," she whispered, "y
ing Sebastian with nothing but the
eavier than the last. She hated that his words still echoed in her ches
tared at her reflection - s
she feel s
l. His hand hovered over the place where her designs
empire brick by
elena
art he hadn't figu
necessary. The silence pressed in, thick with emotions she didn't want to na
hone
re not done, Selena.
clenched. Then, without replying, she locked
vived losin
d two might destroy everything
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