His grip on my wrist tightened just slightly, and his chest rose in the faintest inhale— BZZZ BZZZ BZZZ His phone rang. The sound slicing through the spell. His eyes shifted away, his jaw flexed, and he let go of my wrist, but not abruptly, no, it was a controlled release that told me he knew exactly what was happening… and so did I. Without a word, he reached down, grabbed his suitcase, and lifted his phone with the same hand that had just touched my chin. “Yes,” he answered, voice clipped and distant now, as if the last sixty seconds had never happened. He didn’t look at me again. He just walked past me, heading up the stairs with calm, measured steps, phone at his ear, discussing business or something mundane while my heart thundered like I'd run miles. As soon as he disappeared around the corner, heat rushed to my face so violently I thought I might combust on the spot. I pressed my shaking hands over my cheeks. “Oh my God,” I whispered. I stood rooted to the spot unti
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