Alina’s POV
It felt so good to have a bit of normality back in my life after the last twenty-four hours of craziness. Sean had avoided me at all costs and only mumbled the odd order here and there. He hadn’t mentioned the other night, which was a relief, although it didn’t stop me from catching him giving me the occasional death stare from across the room.
A steady stream of customers filtered through as the after-work rush started to pick up and, for once, I was quite enjoying the distraction of work. A small group of businessmen sat at the bar in front of me, bantering over who was going to make a partner at their office. I listened in as I washed up some of the bar utensils in the sink.
“I bet it’s going to be Phil. He’s a jammy git. Always gets everything handed to him on a silver p
