12. No one touches your hair. Defne. “Defne,” Scarlett pokes her head into my cubicle. “I’ll be waiting for you in the conference room. We have a meeting.” Without saying anything else, she leaves. Levi gestures at me with his hands, asking what happened. I shrug, unable to give him an answer, because I don’t know why she needs me either. The past few days, things have been going well. At work, Matheo and I haven’t even crossed paths, avoiding all contact between us. The rumors died down, but that doesn’t stop us from seeing each other every night after work. He sends his driver for me and we end the day together, either watching something on TV while he works on his laptop beside me, or sometimes he joins me but, instead of watching the movie, he rests his head on my lap while I play

