CHAPTER 2Alex POVMy thumb hovers over the notification. The email sits there, unopened, for the past three hours. I catch myself reaching for my phone many times, pulling back each time like a coward. When I finally opened it at midnight, it’s just two lines of message,‘I sent my reply through the company-Ellis.’Maya calls the next morning, breathless with excitement about the contracts and planning schedules. I have four days to prepare myself for the man I’ve spent three years trying to forget.The week passes in a blur of sleepless nights as I prepare myself to see him again.Tuesday morning drags by, and I arrive at the office earlier than I’ve ever been.“You look like hell,” Maya says, bringing me a hot cup of coffee."Thanks."I replied with my eyes fixed on the coffee."He's just a designer, Alex. You've met with hundreds of them."Not the same, I think. "I'm fine," I tell her, brushing invisible wrinkles from my suit. Her raised eyebrow tells me she doesn't believe a wor
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