Nyxa~
By the time I got into the car, I already knew I wasn’t going back to the office.
“Home,” I said.
Leone didn’t question it. He just gave a small nod to the driver and settled back beside me like that had already been the plan.
I didn’t say anything after that.
Not because I didn’t have anything to say, but because I had too much of it sitting in my head at once, and none of it was lining up the way it should. Nina’s words, Elena’s face, Vaughn’s timing… it all fit and I was f*****g exhausted. Leone let the silence sit for a bit before he broke it.
“You’re thinking too far ahead,” he said.
I turned slightly to look at him.
“And you’re not thinking far enough,” I replied.
“That’s not how this works.”
“It is when I’m the one being dragged into it.”
“You’re not being dragged,”
