The drive to the Kingsley event gala was nothing like Amelia expected.
There was no heavy silence.
No looming dread.
No suffocating anxiety pressing against her chest.
Instead.
It was filled with something entirely different.
Something warm.
Something electric.
Something dangerously close to excitement.
Not because they were on their way to the gala.
But because of them.
Because whatever was happening between her and Daniel… it was real.
And it was happening fast.
Faster than she had planned.
Faster than she had prepared for.
And yet.
She wasn’t pulling away.
If anything.
She was leaning into it.
The soft glow of city lights filtered through the tinted windows as the car moved smoothly through the evening streets, casting fleeting reflections across Daniel’s face.
Ameli
