Chapter 14: He Cannot Stay Still
(Dominic POV)
I stare at my phone after sending the message.
Goodnight, Zara.
It is a simple line. I have sent thousands like it in my life without thinking twice.
This one stays with me.
I set the phone face down on the desk and try to return to the documents that need my signature. The words on the page blur. I read the same paragraph three times and still cannot tell what it says.
Work has always been the place where everything else disappears. Tonight it does not work.
I lean back in the chair and rub my eyes. The penthouse is quiet except for the low hum of the city far below. I should go to bed. Instead I pick up the next folder and force myself to focus.
It lasts less than ten minutes.
My mind keeps drifting back to her. The way she looked
