Rana felt like she was floating on a cloud.
The evening had taken a turn so unexpected, so surreal, that she kept expecting to wake up and find it had all been a dream. Every time she blinked, she half-expected to find herself back in her new apartment, alone, the loneliness pressing in on her like a familiar weight.
But she wasn't alone.
She was here, in this beautiful lounge, seated across from a man who looked at her as if she were the most fascinating creature he had ever encountered.
Elian.
She could not name what she felt for him yet—it was too soon, too new, too fragile. But she knew that she had never met anyone more gentlemanly in her entire life. Every gesture, every word, every glance was infused with a respect and care that made her heart ache with a longing she had long t
