A few days after that phone call, I walked into the office expecting everything to go back to normal. Aria would be gone, nursing her wounds somewhere, and I'd be the one to put her back together piece by piece.
Instead, I saw her.
Walking through the lobby like she'd never left. Head high, shoulders back, that determined set to her jaw I'd seen a thousand times before.
I froze where I stood, confusion flooding through me.
What the hell was she doing here?
She spotted me and headed straight over, weaving through people and their curious stares. They were whispering, I could hear the buzz of speculation around us.
She dragged me to the floor where I worked. To my own seat. To explain to me.
But then,
The voice came from behind her. Deep, controlled, authoritative.
Aria turned, and I looked past her to see him for the first time up close.
Kael Roman. The CEO.
It was my first time seeing him up close.
