The knock on the door sounded so suddenly that my entire body jerked. Cael stepped back immediately, and the pressure around me disappeared so fast it almost made me dizzy. For one horrible second, neither of us spoke. I could still feel my heartbeat everywhere. In my throat, my chest, my wrists. God. What had almost just happened?? "Sir?" The assistant's voice came again from outside the office, and I moved quickly, stepping away from the desk so fast my chair nearly tipped over behind me. Heat burned across my face as I fixed my clothes with shaky fingers, and I couldn't even look at Cael. Not properly, not after this, not after him standing that close to me, not after the things he had said. "Come in," he said calmly. Calmly, like I wasn't standing there trying to recover my sanity. The door opened and his assistant walked in carrying a tablet and several files. She stopped for the smallest second after noticing me... just one second, but I saw it. The quick glance, the
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