Chapter 21
Chapter 21: Between Smiles and Shadows The break room was livelier than usual that afternoon. Laughter bounced off the white walls, mixing with the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and the sweet scent of Lia’s pastries from her favorite bakeshop. Feliz was there—smiling, not out of courtesy, but something more natural, more real. And Sly? He sat right across from her, a cocky smirk tugging on his lips even when he wasn’t looking directly at her. It was subtle. Maybe too subtle for the rest of the team to notice. But the tension between them hummed underneath everything—beneath the clinking of coffee mugs, under the chatter, between the brush of fingertips beneath the table. Sly leaned back lazily in his chair, eyes scanning the group but only seeing one person. Feliz laughed at something
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