"Sometimes the shortest distance between two people is a conversation neither of them wants to end."
Lucas
I was losing this battle.
Not dramatically.
Not all at once.
Slowly.
Quietly.
One conversation at a time.
One message at a time.
One smile at a time.
The worst part?
I wasn't sure I wanted to win.
Monday morning arrived with the kind of chaos only a major engineering firm could produce.
Three meetings before ten.
A project delay.
An unhappy client.
A dozen emails marked urgent.
The sort of day that normally demanded every ounce of my attention.
Yet somehow...
Amy still found her way into my thoughts.
Which was becoming increasingly inconvenient.
"You're distracted."
Noah dropped into the chair across from my desk.
Coffee in hand.
Judgment already prepared.
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