FAZER LOGINMichael’s POVI woke up and for a second I didn’t even open my eyes. I just lay there, staring at the darkness behind my eyelids. My body was heavy and warm under the sheets, but my mind replayed the events that happened in the office the previous night in brutal detail. The way Kelly’s breath had felt against my neck, as I moved inside her. Thinking about those moments made my hand flexed against the mattress like it was remembering the shape of her waist on its own. This was absurd, it hadn’t even been twenty-four hours.I exhaled slowly and dragged a hand over my face, trying to shake the memories off, but it didn’t work. The desire and want sat low in my stomach, sharp and relentless. I could still feel the echo of her nails scraping on my shoulders, the way she’d said my name like it had hurt to hold it in. My body reacted again, instant and unforgiving.“This is ridiculous,” I muttered to the empty room. The morning light was just beginning to bleed through the curtains, tur
Kelly’s POVI got to Dylan’s house later than I'd planned, the sky was already dark and the entrance light was glowing warm against the front steps, I refused to feel ashamed for the reason why I was late. As I got to the door, I could hear voices from inside before I even unlocked the door. Laughter spilled through, loud and familiar, making my chest loosened in a way it never did at work.As I walked in, the smell hit me first. It had a delicious scent of garlic, onions and some herbs, something was roasting in the oven, and it smelled like home. My mother was at the stove with an apron tied too tightly around her waist, stirring a pot like she was fighting with it, and my father stood at the counter pretending to help, which mostly meant stealing pieces of food when she wasn’t looking. Dylan on the other hand, leaned against the fridge, scrolling through his phone.“There she is,” my dad announced the second he saw me. “The working woman.”My mother turned, and her face lit up.
Kelly's POV The office felt normal when I walked in the next morning. I heard the steady hum of the printers and the low chatter of the receptionists. The air smelled like coffee that had been sitting on the warmer too long and I actually liked it. After the whirlwind of the last few days, the mundane sounds of the workplace felt like a gift.I dropped my bag on my desk and pushed the power button on my computer. While the system dragged its feet, I caught my reflection in the dark monitor. I looked... rested. That was the word for it. My skin was clear, and the dark circles under my eyes had faded. My mother would be happy to see it.I was halfway through revising a budget when I felt a shift in the air. I didn't have to look up to know Michael was standing there. My body had learned the heavy, rhythmic sound of his footsteps. He slowed down as he reached my desk, resting one hand on the edge of the partition."We’ll have a late meeting tonight," he said. His voice was quiet, an
Kelly's POV I decided to stay at Dylan’s house before my parents arrived because I didn’t trust myself to sit alone and wait. If I had stayed in my apartment, I would have done nothing but stare at the clock and check my phone every two minutes. At least here there was noise, movement, something to distract me from how nervous and excited I felt at the same time.I stood in his living room looking at the throw pillows on his navy sofa. They were slightly tilted. I stepped forward, plumped the left one, and angled it against the armrest. Then I did the same to the right.“Are you planning to redecorate my apartment, or are you just torturing my furniture?” I didn't turn around, because I could hear the smirk in Dylan’s voice and I knew he was just teasing me on how nervous I was. When I finally turned, he was leaning against the kitchen island, a dish towel over his shoulder.“I’m not touching anything,” I said, adjusting the corner of the pillow again. “I’m fixing it.”“It was a
Michael’s POVAs I walked to my best friend's office in a company completely different from my own, I could see the glass walls of Ryder’s office reflecting the city back at itself. If one didn't look closely, it almost seemed like I was back in my own office.Traffic crawled below like a slow pulse, red brake lights blinking in tired rhythm. I stood just inside the doorway for a second, watching him before he noticed me. He had a headset crooked around his neck and three security feeds open across his monitors, fingers moving with the lazy precision of someone who lived a life of controlled chaos.This sort of place was exactly as he liked to present himself, Clean, steel desk and nothing sentimental in sight.He looked up, caught my reflection in the glass, and smirked. “You gonna keep standing there staring at me or are you coming in?” I stepped inside and shut the door behind me, the sound of the door clicking shut was louder than necessary.Ryder leaned back in his chair and g
Kelly’s POVMy phone buzzed on the table just as I was shutting down my computer for the day. Dylan’s name lit up the screen, and I was smiling before I even answered. I leaned back in my chair and stretched my neck, watching the office thin out around me. It was barely past three, the afternoon sunlight slanted across the windows, soft and lazy, and today for once I wasn't buried in paperworks and meetings.“Hey stranger,” Dylan said the moment I picked up. “You still remember you have a brother?”“Sorry, I’m busy surviving capitalism,” I replied. “It’s a full-time job.”I heard Hope laughing in the background, and I could already picture her leaning over his desk, and stealing his phone like she always did whenever she was in the room when he called me.“We’re getting dinner,” she said. “You’re coming.”The invitation landed warm and tempting in my mind. A week ago I would’ve said yes without thinking about it, because I needed a distraction from my thoughts. But I was still flo







