“You’re quite amazing, Evans. I see you’ve met Smith already.”He spoke softly into the echoing room. Both his hands rested perfectly inside his pants pockets as he stared very keenly at me.“Good morning, sir. We just kickstarted our first training today,”Smith said from where he sat behind the piano.“Yeah, so I heard, which sounded very nice on the first hearing.”“Good morning, Mr. Drake,” I finally said.He nodded almost immediately, like he was waiting for my words. He smiled and slightly bit his lips, to my notice. That alone sent chills all over my body, like he had already touched me.At some point, I hated myself for such vulnerability that was being built in me around Drake. How could I not pull myself together?“I’d leave you both to continue now. And Smith? Great job here.”“Thank you, sir,” Smith responded almost immediately, and he gently walked out through the same door.And that was it.Or at least, that was what I told myself.Because the moment the door clicked shu
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