Too young To Resist

sence, her knowing smirk, and Damien's cold dismissal of her left a lingering sense of u

she wasn't going t

It was the safest distraction, but Damien Cross's presence l

Eve

employees had already left, their absence making the space eerily quiet. She sl

about to leave,

r: Come to my

name, but she didn't need one

ck to the top floor. The doors to Damien's office were closed wh

me

s off, the sleeves of his crisp white shirt rolled up to his forearms. He looked... different. Less like the r

he chair across

her heartbe

hy I called you here," he sa

ng if I sai

re was something in his expr

oice smooth yet unreadable. "Do you alw

"Only when I fee

but she couldn't tell if it

nded her. "Most would do we

r expression neutral. "An

eturned. "Y

he finally leaned forward, his gaze

wisted. "What

oria

t name sent a ch

ngers against the de

works here. How dan

hat kind of world you've stepped into, Aria. There a

owed. "The

e he might. But then, just

t soon enough,"

ration creeping in

s so subtle, so brief, t

around the desk until

atching her. "And you're n

ched. He was c

ould be," s

his eyes remained serio

stretched, hea

s he had closed the dis

ome,

t longer before finally pushi

d the door, h

of Victo

her word, but deep down, she

lready in