Kiara's pov
When Bryant jumped into the elevator with me I felt my heart immediately leap up to my throat and lodged there in an instant.
He stepped in and for the first few seconds, there was this silence between the two of us that was louder than any noise I have ever heard in my entire life.
Why did he follow after me? He should know now that I was nothing more than a maid who got lucky to be made his contract wife and then his secretary. There was nothing more to our relationship than that and I was foolish to allow my heart to become vulnerable to a man who was only confused.
"Kiara, we need to talk."
His voice was not harsh when he said that it almost sounded desperate but I wasn't going to give myself the opportunity to grow more useless and hope that I would only have to uproo
