Captain Morgan looked toward the door at the sound, his brow furrowing slightly. "What's going on here?"
A bitter taste crept up the back of my throat, but I had to force a smile onto my lips. "I'm here to report to Dr. Javier."
My voice sounded so bright and peppy that for a second I could barely believe it had come out of my own mouth.
But Javier's earlier words were still ringing in my head, and the sharp, stabbing ache in my chest kept gnawing and spreading.
Javier looked up at the sound, his gaze lingering on me for a split second.
Our eyes locked for that one brief moment.
My heart shot right up into my throat.
I was just about to think he'd recognized me.
But then he looked away, his face settling back into that usual cold, distant expression of his.
It was like that split
