EMILIA’S POVThe silence in my office was the kind I liked while I worked. Everything was calm and in place unlike my life. I flipped through the report on my desk, tapping it lightly with my pen as I read and marked inconsistencies and mistakes. My phone buzzed on the table, breaking the silence. I ignored it at first, but when the noise continued cutting through my work, I kept the pain and picked up the phone, muttering something about how I hate distractions under my breath. Without even bothering to check who the caller was, I answered the phone and placed it to my ear, waiting for whoever it was to speak first. “Hello?” The caller spoke first. When the familiar voice hit my ear, I shifted the phone away to look at the caller ID. It was an unknown number. I frowned, wanted to last out immediately, wondering how Julian could get my number this easily, then I recalled I had written it on the contract. I eased into the chair as I responded to his greeting, trying so hard to keep
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