Punishment
Eliana followed Xander into his office and took the chair by his desk as he indicated. As he closed the door and walked over to sit on the other side of the desk, she remained silent, the air thick with subtle tension. Xander didn't let the silence stretch. "I missed your call last night." Face-to-face with him, Eliana nodded with no expression on her face. "Right." Xander said faintly, "I was talking to my lawyer." Eliana answered faintly, "I know." Xander was clever, so she knew there was no need to say more. Clearly, he had already realized what had happened and only needed her reaction to confirm his assumption. "You went to my place," he said. Eliana didn't deny it. "Sorry, I didn't inform you beforehand." "What did you hear?" he asked. Eliana blinked and answered in a casu
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