Celeste POV
I didn’t realise I was holding my breath until the office door shut behind me. The air outside was different and lighter, I kept walking, step by step, steady and controlled like always.
But my heart was beating fast. My chest was still tight, like something had shifted and wouldn’t settle back into place.
His voice and the way he said it: You will come. I swallowed hard and kept going down the hallway, my heels making a soft echo on the floor.
I shouldn’t have agreed. I knew that the moment the word left my mouth, I had made a mistake. But I didn't have any choice and that was the problem.
He didn’t ask or suggest, he just decided, and somehow, I just followed.
I breathed out slowly, trying to ease the uneasy feeling twisting in my stomach. My problem now wasn't just
