Selene~
I stepped out of the office, still stunned, my pulse pounding from the emotional storm Dominic had stirred inside me. The air in the hallway felt thin, as if it had been sucked out the moment I left that room. My heels clicked against the marble floor, but the sound felt distant, muffled by the roar of thoughts in my head.
Until I saw Rachel.
She was waiting, leaning casually against a pillar near the reception with a cup of vending machine coffee in one hand and her phone in the other. Her face lit up the moment she spotted me, and she straightened, her smile bright and curious.
“There you are!” she said, stepping forward. “I was wondering how long you were going to be in there. So… how did it go?”
I gave her a faint smile, brushing a strand of hair behind my ear. “It was… fi
