Chapter 46
Harper woke to sunlight streaming through unfamiliar windows and Sebastian's side of the bed empty.
She sat up quickly, the events of yesterday flooding back. James Hartwell's betrayal. The contract clause. The choice to trust Sebastian despite everything.
Where was he?
Harper found a note on his pillow in Sebastian's precise handwriting: "Didn't want to wake you. Making breakfast. Come down when you're ready."
She padded downstairs in yesterday's clothes to find Sebastian in the kitchen wearing pajama pants and an old T-shirt, his hair uncombed, looking more human than CEO. He was burning pancakes.
"You're burning them," Harper said from the doorway.
Sebastian jumped, spatula clattering at the counter. "I didn't hear you come down. I was trying to surprise you with break
