ATLAS Hours earlier I stared blankly at the document sitting open on the desk in front of me. More like I stared right through it. I couldn’t remember how long I’ve sat like this for, but my ass was starting to ache. That was my only reminder that I’ve sat here too long, completely zoned out. My secretary had left a proposal on my desk ever since I came into work this morning, and I’d also arrived to find a pile of other documents waiting to be reviewed and signed. But all I’d successfully done was stare a hole into the document I was supposed to be reviewing. I’d been like this all week. A total mess… Never in a million years would I believe that not seeing a woman for a couple of days would get me this messed up. But in this case, it wasn’t just any woman. It was Elena, the woman

