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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