~Sebastian~
The moment my thumb hit send, I sat back in my chair, staring at the glowing screen as though it held some secret answer I hadn’t yet unearthed. Just four words, “We need to talk.”
It looked so simple on the surface. Bare. Almost pitiful. But behind those words was everything I hadn’t said. Everything I should’ve said months ago.
My office was quiet, too quiet, and that silence clawed at me. The city skyline stretched in front of me, the kind of view most men would sell their soul for, but I couldn’t see any of it. Not when my thoughts were consumed by her.
Kate.
God, even thinking her name made something twist in my chest.
For days now—no, weeks, I’d been walking around with her face imprinted in my head like a bruise that wouldn’t fade. The first time I saw her again, s
