I was straightening my slightly disheveled shirt when suddenly, a shadow moved in the slightly open door. I immediately froze in shock.
A woman in a neat business suit, likely Gabriel's personal assistant, stood frozen there. Her eyes were wide, her face pale. In her hands was a stack of files.
Riana. She was one of the few people in this company I had seen a few times at official events, years ago. In her eyes, I was now and forever Sera, Gabriel's stepdaughter.
I froze, the blood seemingly draining from my face. It felt like being doused with ice water.
"This isn't what it looks like," I said, my voice hoarse and unconvincing, sounding utterly foolish even to my own ears.
She immediately lowered her head, her gaze quickly dropping to the floor, trying to erase the expression of shoc
