Bound by an arranged marriage,
Rose Francis and Devin Keller are forced to work and live together. She has secretly loved him since she was little but he firmly believes that she hates him just as much he hates her.
At one point everything will c...
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"We can stick to black opals..." Ava says, passing me the printout of a design.
"I was thinking the same..." I sigh and put it aside, working on the next design. "Mira, pass me the booklet." I say and she hands me the booklet.
I go through the pages and keep my focus. "I'm back, guys!" Sam walks over down the hallway to where I'm standing in the middle of the designing department, he puts the cups of coffee on the desk. He hands them their cups and I keep my eyes on the booklet. "You should try some coffee too." He says to me.
"I'm good." I say and just then I feel Devin's presence with me. My heart skips a beat and my mind loses all the focus I was maintaining.
"You want a cup of tea?" He asks and I look at him and can't look away. His hazel eyes looks so tired, like he isn't getting much sleep....I remember his nightmares and I almost ask him if he's okay, but I don't...I'm not supposed to care.
"No." I say and look away. "Gabriel, coordinate the colour scheme to make sure it's align with the original concept." I try to keep my focus and pretend that I'm definitely not affected by his presence.
"On it." Gabriel says and I nod.
"What are you guys working on?" Devin asks, his tone is surprisingly calm.
I keep quiet and Sam answers for me. "We are working on the designs and having some coffee, Boss." I shoot him an annoyed glance before looking at Devin, his eyes are already on me as if he was waiting for me to answer. Why is he here? And why is he so close? And why the hell his tone is so calm?
"Can I help with anything?" He says and the way he's looking at me is making my knees weak. What the hell is wrong with me.
"We'll manage, thanks." I look away again.
The air between us is filled with something unexplainable. Making it hard for me to be cold to him but I know I can't be weak again. If I do I won't be able to survive this time, I've already got my heart broken millions of times, it's enough.
I'm being as distant as possible but he isn't backing away. Instead, he nods. I look at the booklet again and then I glance at my side of the desk to look for my IPad, it's not here, I look around when he speaks again. "Here." He passes me my IPad and I feel my stomach fluttering. How did he know I was looking for it?
I ignore every kind of sensation in my body and keep my expression neutral as I take the IPad and open it, pretending to completely focus on my task. "Do you guys need anything?" He asks, looking right at me as if he's specifically asking me.
