thing

Anna reluctantly stopped in her tracks and, li

soft on the inside. She could talk big all day, but the second she ran

knew when to pick her battles. No need to t

e he

to him, moving inch by inch while eyeing him like one might watch

y moves. He just reached into his

iness

ke

he card out toward her,

What's

ok it reluctantly, gave it a lazy glance, and sh

single word on

hing

more obvious if she tried. Julian's gaze dark

The smile on her face turned a bit more genuine as she pretty much ran

diculously short-just a few blinks and she'd rounded

her, but just as she turned the

y against the wall. The sunlight fell just right, wrapping a

es.Anna froze right there. Her gut screamed at her

of stare

clearly see his face, that gaze locked on her felt way

to leave. By the time she came back to her

at was te

f-stop poking the

rd out of her pocket, didn't even glance at it befor

the card-"Julian, President of Apexera

.

a cab, and slid

unlocked her phone when over thirty mis

One was from her scumbag ex.

led Sophia back,

re about anything else. Just to be safe, she'd muted her phone-and

s so s

rang twice before

outh when Sophia's voice b

ing a missing person report-and when I f

s speakers at max volume, sharp en

gh that sounded more like a choked whimper. She could prac