POV: AkaydaMy Saturday had gone exactly the way I wanted it to.I wasn't woken up by any alarms.There was no rushing in the morning.There were no emails to attend to.And there was definitely no Damian Knight.I had woken up by after nine in the morning, the sun was already fully up and coming in through the curtains like it had been waiting for me to open my eyes. For once in that week, my body didn't feel heavy with unwanted stress. For once, my mind hadn’t immediately gone to office schedules, unread messages, or the constant tension that came with being Damian Knight’s secretary.And it did come with a lot of tension.Melina had already been awake, because by the time I walked into the living room, she was in the kitchen, moving around like she always did—comfortable, relaxed, humming softly in an off key tune to herself as she cooked.“Good morning, sleeping beauty,” she teased as soon as she saw me.I smiled. “You’re too cheerful for someone who's awake this early.”She laug
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