Susan's POV:
With the subject line "Business Collaboration – Lexington Enterprises", the email appeared on my screen. I felt a wave of familiarity wash over me as my fingers lingered over the keyboard. Lexington. My heart skipped a beat at the name alone. I had put a lot of effort into letting go of the confusion and heartache that were connected to him. I had repeatedly vowed to myself that I would never go back to that existence. And now here it was—a chance, an invitation from the very person I had vowed to stay away from.
I briefly considered deleting it carelessly and acting as though I had never seen it. However, I was forced to stop by something more potent than the terror. 'No,' I firmly thought. I've changed since then.
I had lost my fear of David Lexington. I was no longer t
