ELISE

Leonardo was already in Sebastian's office when I arrived, both men hunched over a laptop with expressions that made my stomach tighten. They looked up as I entered, and Sebastian immediately crossed to me, his hands framing my face as he studied me.

"Are you okay?" His thumbs brushed my cheeks. "What did Marcus want?"

"To tell me he loves me. That he's calling off the wedding." I saw Leonardo's eyebrows shoot up in my peripheral vision. "I told him no."

Sebastian's eyes searched ...