Serene felt that the odds were against her. Of all the days that she’d miss an elevator, it had to be today. The elevator doors closed on her and descended. She could not help but cry inwardly. There was nothing left to do but to wait for the elevator to come back up. Her eyes fixed on the closed doors, not daring to look anywhere. She felt that there were invisible eyes looking at her and were judging her.

As she was scolding herself for falling for Justin’s charm in her mind, a warm hand enclosed her icy ones. She looked at the hand’s owner and she saw Justin looking...