Elera’s POV
I couldn’t stop thinking about him.
Which was frustrating.
Deeply frustrating.
Because no matter how many times I replayed the moment in Kael’s office, it still didn’t make sense why my body reacted to him like that.
The almost-touch.
The way my pulse completely lost control.
The heat.
The tension.
And worst of all—
the way I didn’t step away.
I should have.
A normal person would have.
Instead, I stood there letting him look at me like I already belonged to him somehow.
I hated how much that thought stayed with me afterward.
By the time I got home, my mind felt exhausted.
Mina noticed immediately.
“You look emotionally attacked,” she announced from the couch while eating chips dramatically.
I dropped my bag onto the counter. “That’s because I was.”
“CEO man a
