Leo’s POV

The boardroom was filled with murmurs and rustling of papers as directors debated expansion and launch. I sat at the head of the table, but my mind was far from the meeting. All I could think of was her. Zara.

I had checked my phone at least twenty times since the meeting started just to catch a glimpse of a message from her. The double clicks turning blue had given me hope, but it was dashed when she didn’t reply to any of them.

Her silence afterwards crushed me anew. She wasn’t ready to hear me out. That I knew. But I feared that she never would be....