LORETTA

There was only one possible explanation for that question: Elion had amnesia.

That had to be it, because there was absolutely no way possible that this man who had nearly kissed me in the middle of a public park three days ago suddenly didn't remember any of it

There's no way he's sitting behind his desk, discussing some unimportant licensing delays like we were nothing but two business partners

I stared at him from behind his desk, my mouth opening and closing like a fish taken out of water. Try as I might to ignore the burning pressure behind my eyes, I couldn't

Or maybe I had imagined it,...