(Penelope's POV)
I thought that the twinge of satisfaction that fluttered through me would vanish as Fabian continued to beam at me in excitement over my reluctant acceptance of a dinner invitation,
But it continued to linger even as Aimee worriedly watched us enter the elevator, although it did vanish as soon as the metallic cage shut, caging me in with the despicable man who had broken my heart and then stomped on it like they were broken shards of glass.
I quickly reached for my phone to avoid any form of conversation in the tiny space, and I didn’t look in his direction until the doors were sliding open.
We stepped out into the evening air, and Fabian offered his arm to me.
I stared at it for what seemed like ages, and then I reluctantly took it, and as we walked towards our ca
