ROMAN'S POV
“Here you g-” the words got stuck in my throat although quiet.
Her fingers left mine instantly. Fast. Too fast. Like my skin burned her or something. And with that came the uneasy flutter of her lashes, her fingers grabbing another pencil almost immediately. Focusing on her papers again.
All in a matter of moments.
No one saw it. No one other than Cleo to be specific, her eyebrow arched slightly at us.
I saw it too. I felt it. But still I pushed away, setting the pencil back when-
“What about the Eclipse frame?” Someone asked. Female. Tessa. Her first time speaking since. “You checked out the specifications last week with the supplier. You and Mr. Ward right?”
She stilled. Alina.
Her breath seizing just for a bit, fingers tightening around her pencil. I knew that cause
