Beneath His Ice
Stopped being the perfect assistant who never made mistakes and never caused problems.
It wasn't about him, this stranger with gentle hands and dangerous smiles.
It wasn't about attraction, though that certainly hummed between us like electricity.
It was about forgetting.
For once, I wasn't a shadow in a pristine office, invisible until needed, silent unless spoken to. I wasn't Killian Vale's efficient assistant, the woman who anticipated his needs before he voiced them and solved problems before they became crises.
I was just Emery.
A girl in a hot dress. On a dark floor. Letting herself feel something that wasn't work, or exhaustion, or the constant fear of doing everything just right only
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