~NICO~ I had not been able to focus for the past hour. Not on the reports Adriano left on my desk. Not on the numbers. Not even on the issue of the compromised office, which should have taken priority over everything else. Instead, my attention kept drifting back to one thing. Her. Which was exactly why I found myself standing outside her door instead of where I was supposed to be. I knocked once and pushed the door open without waiting for a response. She was in the middle of her room, clothes scattered across the bed, a suitcase open, half-packed. For a second, I didn’t say anything. My eyes moved over the scene, taking it in automatically before settling on her. She was wearing pink Mickey Mouse pajamas. I leaned against the doorframe slightly, folding my arms. “What are you do

