or, casting long shadows across Eleonora's cubicle. She sat perfectly still i
e and laid it flat in the center of her desk. She placed t
ick-clack of high heels
move. She knew e
Without a knock, Seraphina stepped inside,
amed for attention. She held two Starbucks cups in her ha
s on the corner of the desk. "I brought you coffee. I wanted to apo
She crossed her arms over her che
" Eleonora said, her voice flat. "You knock
or a second before she poute
just assumed you wouldn't min
ffee cup closer, her eyes naturally fell onto th
ned the bold
ransfer Lett
y black. Her breathing stopped. The fake smile melted off
fingernails digging pain
ina demanded, her voic
in Seraphina's eyes. A cold, dark sat
he Montblanc pen. She tapped the gold
le preliminary legal arrangement Julian insisted on initiating l
hysical slap across the face. He
walls of the nearby executive offices. "He would never give you sh
orward, resting her forearms on the desk. Sh
" Eleonora la
e. With smooth, fluid strokes, she signe
n the thick paper was th
p of the document and spun it 180 degrees,
pping to a lethal whisper. "I am now a major sharehold
signature. Her chest heaved violently. The blo
ss the desk, her hands clawing wildly for
wn on the document, pinning it to the desk. With
th the hot Starbucks cu
d over. The l
directly onto the front of Se
her high heels catching on the carpet. She crashed hard into
gathered outside the cubicle, staring in shock at the
iation burned hotter than the coffee on her legs. Her facial muscl
a tissue from a box and elegantly wi
t Seraphina with
get out of my cubic
new she had lost this battle. She spun around, shoved her way thr
over with a roll of paper towels, looking
crashed, leaving her limbs feeling heavy and weak.
felt completely empty. She knew Seraph
5:30 PM, Eleono
buzzed. It
ng tired but incredibly gentle. "Let's go out for
cked drawer. She placed h
ecret left-the one growing inside her. She had given him chance after chance, and each time he
ftly. "I'll meet yo
t of the office, unaware that she w
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