Olivia's POV
I leaned over my desk at Lunera Beauty, meticulously arranging the new ingredients. Each scent was another piece of the puzzle, something I could control.
Unlike… everything else in my life right now. This project – this formula – was my grounding force, something truly my own, and today, I was going to pour everything into it.
The small lab space around me was quiet, yet my mind was anything but. Images from the past week flooded my head: Isabella’s return, her doe-eyed looks at Ethan, and the way he’d tensed at her name.
The thought of her was an itch I couldn’t scratch. With each tool I picked up, the jealousy I’d tried to brush off just simmered, rising like a bruise that just wouldn’t heal.
A gentle knock on the door pulled me out of my thoughts. “Liv, everything o
