Clara
The hallway seemed endless. When I reached his door, I froze. Looking at it, my breathing became slow and heavy.
“You can still leave.” That’s what my mind kept telling me. “You can let it go.” But I couldn’t, because something inside me had already changed.
The trust was beginning to crumble, and once that happens… everything starts to look different.
I glanced around.
No one was paying attention, so I slowly grasped the doorknob. And I stepped inside.
My heart was pounding so hard against my chest I could hear it. Or maybe it wasn’t my heart, maybe it was fear.
Alexander’s office was empty when I entered. The door was still ajar after his assistant had stepped out a few seconds earlier to take some documents to the boardroom.
He had gone downstairs to a meeting with
