Vanessa
I don't like it when Ethan isn't around. It's not something I say out loud. It's not even something I'd admit if someone asked me directly.
But I feel it, I notice it. The office… changes. It's not that it stops functioning—everything continues, the meetings, the numbers, the reports—but something's missing. Something I perceive all too clearly.
His presence… That silent control he exerts even when he's not speaking, that way he walks through the hallways as if everything belongs to him. That firm voice that doesn't need to be raised to command respect.
Today… he's not here. And that bothers me more than it should.
I'm at my desk, reviewing some documents I've already read twice… without really processing anything.
My mind isn't there; my gaze keeps drifting toward his o
