“Hey, Maxine… what now?! Tell me who told you that—and how you even know that word?! Because even I—yes, even I—don’t know anything about that!” (While Carrissa listens quietly from a corner, unseen by everyone.) Roxane grabs her waist, trembling with a mix of fear and irritation as she glares at Maxine, as if she wants to dig out the woman’s entire soul. What Roxane doesn’t know… is that a pair of eyes is silently watching from behind the door. Dark. His hand rests on the doorknob. He was about to open it earlier when Roxane’s shout echoed through the room. He froze—not because of fear, but because of Maxine’s next words. “Does Miss Hermenez really not remember what happened between us in the elevator that night?” It hits Dark like electricity. He closes his eyes, and slowly— the exact scene returns to him. FLASHBACK A night thick with tension, the elevator becoming a world of its own. Roxane, leaning against the cold metal wall— and Dark, pressing against her, kissing
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