Lucy Cole POVLucas Morris was long gone before I stirred, as if waking up from a deep slumber.He knew my secret. I knew I liked him.Panic rose within me.How could he deduce that?I had been careful, taking extra steps to conceal my emotions, but he guessed it right away. Maybe I was not that adept at hiding my feelings, or maybe Lucas Morris was too astute to be fooled by me.Nonetheless, I had to continue the farce. I never admitted anything to him.Your lips did, says the tiny voice inside my head, but I clamped it shut. Right now, I do not have to hear negative thoughts about what I had done or didn’t do.All I knew was that Lucas Morris is a dangerous man, and he can’t be trusted with my feelings.After a while, I decided to leave the emergency exit that had been a witness to my shame.As I walked toward the executive office, my face stayed blank. I had developed that habit growing up because I did not want people getting into my thoughts.Since Josh Morgan Sterling was with h
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