“Are you always this quiet,” Catalina said, “or do you only speak to people who are worth it?”Martins didn’t lift his head right away. He finished pulling the top edges of the folder on his desk straight, precise, deliberate, stalling for time. When at last he caught her gaze, he flashed a smile that wasn’t really a smile.“You’re in my office,” he said. “That should make them all cautious.”Catalina advanced farther inside and shut the door behind her. Not gently. The click was faintly final and unmistakable.“Careful is overrated.”She didn’t sit. Instead, she rested on the edge of his desk, near enough that he could make out the subtle shimmer on her eyelids, near enough that her perfume, warm, muted, purposefully invaded his space and doubled back refusing to leave.Martins reclined in his chair. “Now, if this is in relation to the procurement files, you should have sent an email.”Her chuckle was muted, nearly warm. “You already know it’s not.”He examined her then, for real thi
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