Olivia Westview
I should have been relieved, but I wasn’t.
Instead, I was left with a gnawing sense of unease that settled in my chest like lead pipes. The tension between us hadn’t dissipated; it had only been pushed aside, lingering just beneath the surface, ready to resurface at any moment. As much as I wanted to believe that I’d made the right decision, a part of me couldn’t shake the feeling that this wasn’t the end.
I finished filing the documents with a shaky hand, my mind racing with everything that had just happened. The way James had looked at me, the desire in his eyes, the way my body had responded to him despite my better judgment—it all swirled together in a confusing mix of emotions that I couldn’t quite untangle.
Without another word, I slipped out of his office, my he
