Chapter 13 – Fashion School Dream
Lucien POV
I couldn't focus.
Not during class.
Not during meetings.
Not even during the business reports my father insisted I review every week.
Every time I looked down at a document, I saw Aria.
Every time I closed my eyes, I remembered the way she had looked at me after our kiss.
The surprise.
The nervousness.
The trust.
Most dangerous of all—the feeling that she was slowly letting me into her heart.
A feeling I wasn't willing to lose.
"You're hopeless."
Damien dropped into the chair across from me in the university café.
I didn't bother looking up from my laptop.
"What now?"
"You've been smiling at a spreadsheet for five minutes."
That got my attention.
I immediately closed the screen.
Theo laughed.
"He's right. You're becoming dif
