Celeste The cafeteria noise buzzed around me like a distant storm, but inside, my senses were sharp, raw, and unrelenting. Every nerve in my body screamed that I was on the edge of something breaking—something I wasn’t sure I wanted to hold together anymore. I could still feel it—the way Sebastian’s presence had filled the office, thick and impossible to ignore. The way his body had pressed so close to mine, close enough that I could’ve counted the freckles on his cheek if I’d dared look. His breath had been warm against my skin, and his lips—God, his lips—had hovered inches from mine, soft, inviting, like a whispered promise. That closeness made the air around me feel smaller, suffocating almost, like the world had contracted until it was just the two of us—no coworkers, no whispered rumors, no impossible boundaries. He’s jealous. Damn, he’s jealous. The thought should’ve ignited anger—how dare he, how dare I—but instead, it tangled me up in a way I hadn’t expected. It pulled me
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