They were amber. Bright, golden amber, almost glowing in the afternoon sunlight. And his pupils—for just a fraction of a second, I could have sworn they contracted into vertical slits like a cat’s, like a—I blinked, and they were dark brown and normal again. What the hell?“I—” My voice came out shaky. My hand had landed on his chest to catch myself, and through the expensive fabric I could feel his heart pounding faster than mine, faster than any healthy person’s should. His fingers tightened on my shoulders, then he released me abruptly and stepped back like I’d burned him.“You’re bleeding.”“What?” I looked down at my hands. In the chaos of almost falling, I’d gotten a paper cut from the folder’s edge. A thin line of red across my index finger.“It’s nothing,” I said quickly, embarrassed. “Just a tiny cut—”But Adrian was already guiding me back to the chair. His hand at my elbow should’ve felt platonic, but it didn’t.Heat climbed up my neck. He was my boss, I barely knew him.S
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