He pulled out a chair for her. “Sit. Let’s see how much you actually remember.”
She slid into the chair, her pulse quickening as he pulled a sheet of questions in front of her. He tapped his watch. “You have ten minutes to solve the first one. Don’t waste time staring at it. Think, write, answer.”
His words were commands, not suggestions. Olivia swallowed and bent over the paper. Her pen moved furiously, numbers and formulas racing through her head. She could feel his eyes on her, watching, waiting.
At the end of the ten minutes, she put her pen down and slid the sheet back.
Julian leaned over, scanning her work. His hand rested against the table as he pointed at a mistake she hadn’t noticed. Olivia’s eyes followed the movement of his long fingers as he traced the error. The veins alon
