(Leonard's POV)Chelsea Laurent.I had looked over her résumé that morning the same way I looked over a dozen others. Scanning through with efficient judgment and absolutely no emotions attached. I had no idea the woman walking through my door would be her, the stranger from the bar, the one who vanished before dawn. The one who looked just about the same age as my own son, Adrian.When she stepped into my office, something inside of me came alive. Her chestnut-brown hair was pulled back, her blouse modest, but it didn't matter. My memory stripped away the fabric until all I could see was soft, bare skin, the replay of her voice, the way she had trembled when I brushed her shoulder.I had no idea why I gave her the job. My relationship with her should have just been a one night stand and nothing more. I shouldn't have cared less that she disappeared before she had a real taste of me. After all, I had gotten someone else to replace her at once.Yet, seeing her face again reminded me at
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