Clara
I take a step back almost instinctively. I don't know if it's because of the way Ethan is standing in the doorway… or because of the way his gaze shifts from me… to Alexander… and then back to me. He doesn't say anything. And that… is worse.
Alexander doesn't move immediately either. His reaction is different. Much more controlled, even… comfortable.
He smiles.
"We have a visitor at the company, Mr. Blackwood," he says in that measured tone of his. "It's good to see you here."
I feel something inside me tense up. I don't like it. I don't like that tone, I don't like the timing, I don't like… any of this.
I look at Ethan. He's still silent. His jaw is tense. His eyes… aren't angry in the explosive way I feared. They're… hard. And that worries me even more.
I don't want t
