Seven Days to Say Goodbye
Even though I was standing right in front of him, he felt a sudden, inexplicable distance—as if I were already fading away.
"Selena, I know I’ve been preoccupied lately," he said, a rare note of guilt in his voice.
"The day after tomorrow is your birthday. I promise I’ll cancel all Commission meetings. I’ll spend the whole day with you, okay?"
I forced a small, thin smile onto my porcelain-pale face. "Okay."
Damian let out a sigh of relief.
When my birthday arrived, he was unnervingly energetic, as if overcompensating for his absence. Throughout the drive, he talked incessantly about the family’s future expansion, trying to spark the "loyalty" I was supposed to feel as a Moretti.
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