passenger seat o
a hard, deliberate click, the air suddenly thick
ossession, a gesture of ca
ienna's loud style did not
of window, letting his voice beco
mind drifted back to the blo
ambushed me in a n
then, but he had slaughtere
oodstained fingers, a gesture of comfort
ise so I would have the power to w
mpatiently on the steering wheel, and this simple o
ain was the only sound that disturbed the air u
io to shoot content for my
ighting, the familiar ritual a small a
oor was violent
ithout knocking, the intrusion a phy
e doorframe and openl
ould look twice at a pathetic
lic taste fiof my space, my
the room at the soun
reprimand h
led Sienna aw
xcuse about how she was just st
ess, unpunished transgression
espoke samples and
ced zero c
coldly asked if he eve
irritation tightening t
et, his brow furrowed as he stared at the
ed my number be kept on a separate, muted channel for "sec
it in person," he added, a
studio followed us to th
table as if she ow
daciously proposed a hostile takeo
ts. "Let me take over the company," she said, her voice dripping with
ip me of my work, and leave me
voice comp
rtion attempt witho
ce darkened
rm around Fabiano's neck and beginning
diately drop
her plate
every single scallion with
che seize
e Syndicate ban
iggering a severe allergic react
ing, Fabiano had told me
wn my si
unshed tears, but my
falling into the space between the cl
ing him and severing
, hovering over Sienna's plat
e was its
had already become a ghost in his ey
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