For several seconds after Zian walked away, I remained standing exactly where I was. Frozen. My thoughts felt scrambled because of the kiss on my forehead and his warning. 'Never fall in love with Dawson.' As if it were possible for me to. But then again, the words kept replaying in my head whether I wanted them to or not. It was ridiculous. Completely ridiculous. I stared after Zian's retreating figure. His suit jacket shifted slightly as he walked away without looking back as though he hadn't just completely unsettled me. I caught a whiff of a faint fragrance that I couldn't quite place but I released the thought of it the same way I released the unsettling statement Zian made. But he moved as though he hadn't dropped that strange warning into my already chaotic life. I le

