SELENA'S POV
His presence alone seemed to drop the temperature of the entire lobby by ten degrees.
The moment he stepped in, the air shifted, thick, heavy, pressing against everyone's chest until even breathing felt too loud. The nurse beneath me was already trembling so badly I could feel it through the counter, her whole body vibrating like a machine on the verge of breaking down. Only then did I notice the surgical scissors had slipped from my hand and landed somewhere on the metal tray beside me, the faint clink still echoing in my ears like a warning I should have listened to sooner.
Of all people.
Why did it have to be him?
I swallowed hard, my throat suddenly dry. He didn't even spare me a glance, not one.. like I wasn't worth the effort, like I simply didn't exist. He pulled o
