"I'll be waiting Nathaniel. By the time I arrived at the office the next morning, the city was already awake. Meetings. Stock reports. Phone calls. Schedules. Normally, I preferred it that way. Busy enough to keep distractions away. Today, it wasn’t working. Because every few minutes, my mind drifted back to Amelia. The way she had looked at the engagement ring was as if it belonged to someone else. To the soft sound of her laughter during dinner. The way she closed her eyes when I kissed her forehead outside the house like even gentle affection still overwhelmed her. I loosened my cufflinks slightly as I stepped into my office. Marcus was already waiting inside. That alone told me something had happened. My assistant rarely looked tense. This morning, he looked carefully

