Katrina sat quietly at the desk, absent-mindedly tapping her pen as she glanced around the empty office. Algin had already left for the day, but the tension in the air lingered like an unwelcome guest. She couldn’t shake the feeling that something had changed between them. Her thoughts kept drifting to the kiss he had stolen from her earlier, uninvited, unexpected.
It was supposed to mean nothing. Yet, she found herself repeatedly replaying the moment in her mind, the brief connection, the awkwardness that followed. Why did he do that?She tugged at her hair in frustration. The whole thing was irritating. He had taken her first kiss without any warning. He didn’t even ask for permission.
How dare he? She growled to herself. But deep down, there was something else—something she wasn’t will
