Elena didn’t sleep.
Again.
That was becoming a pattern she hated.
By morning, she already knew what she was going to do.
She just didn’t like it.
The office was too quiet when she arrived.
Too clean.
Too normal.
Which meant something was about to go wrong.
And she was right.
Alessandro was already inside her office.
Sitting on the edge of her desk like he belonged there.
Like boundaries were a joke.
“You broke into my office now?” she asked flatly.
He didn’t even look guilty. “You left early yesterday.”
“That’s not an answer.”
“It is when I don’t feel like waiting for you to show up.”
Elena dropped her bag. “What do you want?”
He finally looked at her.
No smirk this time.
Just tired intensity.
“You’ve been avoiding me,” he said.
“I’ve been working.”
“Bullshit,” he sn
