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Chapter 29

Chapter Twenty Nine Lucas’ Pov- I picked up my phone to call Sophia, already imagining how terrible the conversation would go for her. But the conversation with Victoria later would’ve gone worse. So I had to calm down. Honestly, I wasn’t sure why I was so angry. Between her bringing personal matters to work and being way too clingy. Or maybe, I just didn’t want Natalie thinking it was more than what it was. I sighed. I used to think the months without her were hard but this is worse. A knock interrupted my thoughts before it could get too far. “Mr King? Sorry to interrupt but I have something important to tell you.” Tom walked in with the brightest smile I’d ever seen. “Yes, Tom?” “I just took a look at the stock market and we’re going higher than ever.” He walked closer to my desk and dropped his tab on my desk for me to see. “We even surpassed The Crescents.” “Is that so?”“I don’t know what we did, but we need to do more of it.” I glanced over at Natalie’s office. “Wh

Chapter 31

Natalie’s PovAnother day to ignore Lucas like my life depended on it. I didn’t look towards his office once, I didn’t make eye contact with him when he walked past me, I didn’t prolong our conversations over the phone. I kept it very simple. And it was going well. Until…“Did I do something wrong?” I turned around to find Lucas standing behind me with both hands in his pockets. “Uhm.” He stared, waiting for an answer.“Mr King,” I said. “Natalie.” I cleared my throat and took a small step backward. “What do you mean?” “Maybe it’s in my head, but it feels like you’ve been ignoring me.”“Pfft. What? Me? Ignoring you? Why would I do that, you’re my boss.”“Okay, but you’ve been avoiding me.”“I haven’t.” “You sent Emily to deliver a file you could’ve easily walked ten steps to my office to deliver.” “My legs were tired,” I said, looking down.“I see.” He tilted his head to make contact with my eyes. “Are your eyes tired too? You’ve barely looked at me.” “Mr. King, I-”“You

Chapter 32

Chapter Thirty-TwoNatalie’s PovI stood exactly where Lucas had left me, staring at the spot he’d disappeared around with Tom as though he might suddenly walk back and finish whatever sentence he’d started.“You’re… incredibly beautiful, and smart.”Then…Nothing. No explanation, no awkward laugh to brush it off, no “I meant as an employee,” nothing.Just Tom calling his name, Lucas looking like he’d been caught doing something he wasn’t supposed to, and then disappearing before either of us had the chance to process it.“Natalie?”I blinked.Mia was waving a hand in front of my face.“You alright?”I looked at her blankly.“I think…”I stopped.“What?”I let out a slow breath.“I think I’m in trouble.”Her eyes widened immediately.“Oh God.”She grabbed my arm.“What happened? Did Victoria say something else?”I shook my head.“No.”“Then…”I looked toward Lucas’ office.“I think the problem is me.”She followed my gaze before looking back at me.“What does that mean?”I laughed, th

Chapter 33

Lucas’ PovI had no business thinking about it as much as I was.Out of every conversation Natalie and I had shared over the past few weeks, out of every awkward silence, every almost-confession, every question that had gone unanswered, the only thing my mind insisted on replaying was five simple words.Your hair looks pretty today.I should have kept that to myself.It wasn’t professional, it wasn’t appropriate, and judging by the way I’d practically walked out of the conversation afterwards, it certainly wasn’t planned.Yet somehow, I couldn’t regret saying it.What bothered me wasn’t that the words had slipped out. It was the look on her face afterwards, the brief moment where neither of us seemed to know what to do next. She hadn’t looked uncomfortable, she hadn’t looked offended, and she certainly hadn’t laughed it off. She’d simply stared at me, completely caught off guard, like she was trying to figure out whether she’d imagined hearing it.The frustrating part was that I’d bee

Chapter 34

Natalie’s POVWhen I arrived at work that morning, I walked past his office without looking inside.I greeted Emily, answered a few emails, organized the documents waiting on my desk, and started working through Lucas’s schedule as though nothing had changed.It almost worked.Then his office door opened.“Morning, Miss Hart.”I looked up from my laptop.“Good morning, Mr. King.”He gave me a small nod and continued toward the elevator without stopping, and for some reason, the complete lack of anything unusual about the interaction left me more confused than if he’d actually said something.That was Lucas, apparently.One day he was looking at me like he wanted to say something he couldn’t quite put into words, and the next he was treating me exactly like every other employee in the building.Maybe that was a good thing.It should have been.I turned back to my screen, trying to convince myself that the small disappointment I felt didn’t mean anything.By lunchtime, I’d almost manage

Chapter 35

Lucas's POV I had spent most of the morning pretending I wasn’t waiting for Tom to walk through my door.It wasn’t working.Every few minutes, I found myself checking the time on my laptop, then looking toward the office entrance before forcing my attention back to whatever document was in front of me. I had a meeting in less than an hour, three emails waiting for responses, and a contract sitting open on my desk that needed my approval, yet none of it had managed to hold my attention for more than a few minutes.The problem was that I couldn’t stop thinking about Natalie.Not about the way she looked at me, or the way she avoided looking at me, or even the things she’d said over the past few weeks.I was thinking about five years ago.About the night she disappeared.For years, I’d convinced myself that she’d simply decided she didn’t want anything to do with me, and while I’d never understood why, I’d eventually accepted that I couldn’t force someone to stay in my life.But now I k

Chapter 36

Natalie’s POVI kept thinking about the black SUV.It was ridiculous, because by the time I woke up that morning, there was no evidence that anything had actually happened. The car had disappeared during the night, I hadn’t seen anyone watching the apartment, and Ava had gone to sleep perfectly fine, which should have been enough to convince me that I had simply allowed an ordinary car to become something frightening in my head.Except I couldn’t quite forget the way it had been sitting there.Or how quickly it had disappeared.I tried to push the thought away while getting Ava ready for school, reminding myself that I had been under enough stress lately to become suspicious of things that probably didn’t deserve my attention. Jason had already made me question every unfamiliar number and every unexpected message, so maybe this was just another consequence of that, my mind trying to find danger because it had gotten used to expecting it.By the time I dropped Ava off, I had almost con

Chapter 37

Lucas’ POVI couldn’t stop thinking about Ava.It had been almost an hour since I’d left the office, yet somehow the image of her sitting in that chair with her stuffed bunny kept coming back to me, along with the way she’d spoken to me so casually, as though there was nothing strange about seeing her mother’s boss standing in front of her.She had a way of making everything feel uncomplicated.I found myself smiling at the thought before catching my reflection in the window.I immediately stopped.This was ridiculous.I had spent most of my adult life being told that I was too serious, too focused on work, and far too difficult to impress, yet somehow a five-year-old had managed to make me sit in my office smiling at absolutely nothing.I picked up my phone and checked the time.Natalie was still downstairs, probably finishing whatever work she’d convinced herself couldn’t wait until tomorrow.I wondered if Ava was still awake.Then I remembered something she’d said earlier.She’d as

Chapter 38

Natalie’s POVBy the time Saturday morning arrived, I had already changed my mind about going to the school event at least three times.Not because I didn’t want to be there, I did, but because I couldn’t stop thinking about the fact that Lucas had agreed to come, and the more I thought about it, the more complicated everything felt.Ava, of course, had no idea why I was overthinking it.She had been talking about the event since she woke up, asking me how long it would last, whether she could bring her favorite coloring pencils, whether there would be snacks, and most importantly, whether Mr. Serious Face was really coming.“Yes, Ava,” I said for what had to be the tenth time as I fixed the collar of her dress. “He’s coming.”She smiled.“Good.”I shook my head, trying not to laugh.“You really like him, don’t you?”“He’s funny.”“Lucas?”She nodded.“He doesn’t smile a lot, but when he does, it’s funny.”I smiled despite myself.There was something strangely innocent about the way A

Chapter 39

Lucas' POVI kept thinking about Ava long after I left the school.Not in the way Ethan would probably assume, either. It wasn’t some sudden realization that I wanted children or a family of my own, it was much simpler than that, and somehow much harder to ignore. I liked being around her.She was comfortable with me in a way I hadn’t expected, and there was something about the complete lack of hesitation in the way she spoke to me that stayed with me throughout the drive back to the office. She didn’t care that I was a CEO, she didn’t care about my name or the company I ran, and she certainly didn’t care about impressing me.I had spent years surrounded by people who always seemed to want something from me.Ava just wanted me to play.I found myself smiling as I remembered her calling me Mr. Serious Face, and for once, I didn’t mind the nickname.By the time I reached the office, most of the building was quiet.I walked into my office, dropped my keys onto the desk and loosened my ti

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