DAMI’S POV

I didn’t realize how hard I was breathing until the car door shut and the silence wrapped around me like a tight rope. My heart was still beating too fast and loud enough that I could feel the pulse in my throat.

Seeing Axel outside the company, God. I didn’t expect the rush that hit me the moment our eyes met. It was like those two days had stretched into months. Two days shouldn’t feel like an ache, but it did.

I had pushed him away, chased him out of my house, punished ...