Clara
Silence fell between us immediately, the elegant sounds of the restaurant disappearing around me. Only he and I existed.
Alexander didn't speak, didn't even blink. And that infuriated me even more, because he was still acting as if he were in control.
"What did you want?" I continued, feeling the anger rising inside me. "Buy time? Prove the company needs you? Prove that without you everything falls apart?"
His jaw tightened slightly, but he still didn't answer.
I let out a disbelieving laugh.
"You almost screwed everything up."
I saw his eyes harden slightly.
"Clara…"
"No," I interrupted him immediately. "Let me speak now."
My chest rose and fell rapidly. I'd been keeping this inside for too many days. Too many days pretending everything was normal, too many days l
