365 Days with my Nemesis

had spent years building around herself. Her breath caught in her throat, and for the briefest of moments, the world seemed to fall away-

urmured, her voice barely above a whisp

k, a dangerous glint in his

es they had so carefully established, but the closer he moved, the harder it became to maintain that distance. His

ibly tender for a man like him. "You think you can ignore this," he sa

intensifying. She had worked so hard to keep everything under control, to remain the untouchable, formidable woman who h

y, to take back control-but somethin

om felt irrelevant, insignificant. It was just them now, the unsaid words hang

spered, his breath mingli

he part that was calculated and disciplined-told her to resist. To push him away, to remind him of the professional boundaries they had set. But then there was the other part of her-the part that had b

ull away. She s

ng his. The touch was soft at first, tentative, as though they were both testing the wate

's resolve shattered. The heat between them was instant, consuming, as if every

ed, her fingers threading into his hair. She could feel the strength in his body, the power

mmering beneath the surface. The world outside this room, outside this kiss, ceased to matter. The

small, logical voice pierced the h

ling with shallow breaths. She couldn't look at him-not yet. Not until she reg

in his gaze-something soft, something almost... vulnerable. It took Raven by surprise, and for the first time, she s

t bring herself to speak, and Matt didn't push her. Instead, he

lly asked, her voice hoarse, a

nstead, he looked at her, as if

. "But not tonight. Tonight, we're both... just two peopl

words-of everything that had just unfolded

. But she was afraid. Afraid of the truth, afraid of what this c

lf. "This can't happen again," she said, her v

eadable, though there was a flicker o

t you and I both know that the more you tr

to remind him of the boundaries she had set, of the professionalis

on him, her heart pounding in her chest, her mi

eft standing alone in the conference room, the

verything away. But deep down, she kne