You Shouldn’t Have Found Me 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

“Girl… guess what?”The door slammed shut with unnecessary energy, and the sound echoed through the small London flat like a warning bell. On the couch, buried under a thin blanket, Zara Rahman groaned and dragged the pillow tighter over her head, as if that alone could block out Chloe Bennett’s voice.“Chloe,” she muttered, her voice thick with sleep, “if this is another one of your dramatic entrances—”“It is absolutely worth it,” Chloe cut in, breathless with excitement.Zara stilled.Something about that tone.Her eyes snapped open.In the next second, she shot upright and lunged forward, grabbing the nearest throw pillow and hurling it straight at Chloe’s face.“Where were you?” Zara demanded, her voice sharp now, fully awake. “Do you have any idea how many times I called you? You disappeared all night like some wayward brat!”Chloe caught the pillow mid-air with a laugh, completely unbothered. She kicked off her heels carelessly and tossed her bag onto the chair, her curls sligh

The door clicked shut behind Zara as she stepped into the flat, the familiar warmth wrapping around her in a way that should have felt comforting.It didn’t.Her mind was still back in that café.“Finally,” Chloe Bennett’s voice rang out from the living room. “I was starting to think you ran off and found love without me.”Zara slipped off her shoes, dropping her bag by the door. “If that’s what love looks like, I want no part of it.”That got Chloe’s attention.She sat up immediately, eyes narrowing with interest. “What does that mean?”Zara walked in, placing her coffee on the table before sinking into the couch. She let out a slow breath, running a hand through her hair as if trying to physically shake off the encounter.“There was a man,” she began.Chloe gasped. “I knew it.”“Relax,” Zara said dryly. “It was not that kind of situation.”Chloe leaned forward anyway, fully invested now. “Start from the beginning.”Zara hesitated for a second, then shook her head slightly. “He cut t

The reception area felt quieter than it should have.Or maybe it was just Zara.She sat with her back straight, hands resting neatly in her lap, her fingers loosely intertwined, but the calm was a performance. Beneath it, her thoughts moved too fast, slipping over each other, refusing to settle into anything steady.You’ve done harder things.Have I?She exhaled slowly, her gaze fixed ahead, but she wasn’t seeing anything. Her mind kept circling back to one thing.The café.The man.The way he had looked at her like she had interrupted something he hadn’t even realized he was bored of.It didn’t matter.“Miss Rahman?”Zara blinked, pulled back into the present.A woman stood before her, professional, composed. “They’re ready for you.”Zara nodded, rising immediately. “Thank you.”Her heels clicked softly against the polished floor as she followed the woman down the corridor. Everything here felt deliberate. Controlled. Like nothing was left to chance.Unlike her thoughts.“You can go

Sebastians povThe EclipseThe meeting ended without resistance.It always did.I stood first, already done with the conversation before it had fully concluded. The client rambled on, oblivious, while I tuned out completely. Nathan followed behind me, silent as ever. The low pulse of music returned as we stepped back into the main area of Eclipse, the club I’d grown tired of months ago but kept returning to out of habit.Nathan slowed. Just slightly, I noticed and decided not to comment. I never did.The moment he walked away completely, I allowed my gaze to wander. Around the club, the crowd thrummed with predictable energy. Drinks spilled, laughter rang off the low ceiling, girls leaned too close, hoping to catch my attention with a giggle or a sway of their hips. Most were amateurs in the game I played effortlessly every night. They tried. They always tried, one even decided to press herself against me, laughing nervously, as if charm alone could bend me to her will. I glanced on

Zara did not like feeling watched.And yet that was exactly how the rest of the day felt.The weird woman from earlier, wouldn't stop watching like a hawk. Her office is opposite zara's which is making matter worse. Why is she watching me like a mother hen, I'm not even interested in her chicks. Zara thought playfully. “Stop rereading the same line.” Nathan interrupted her. Zara blinked, looking up.Nathan stood beside her desk, one hand in his pocket, the other holding a file she didn’t remember him picking up.“I’m not,” she said.“You are,” he replied calmly. “This is the third time in five minutes.”Zara exhaled, leaning back slightly. “I’m thinking.”“You’re overthinking,” Nathan corrected.Zara tilted her head. “You say that like it’s a flaw.”“In this office, it is,” he said. “Thinking is useful. Overthinking slows you down.”Zara considered that for a second.Then closed the file.“Fine,” she said. “What am I missing?”Nathan placed the file in front of her, tapping a sectio