Elena's POV

I didn't expect him to change.

Damian Cross was many things - brilliant, stubborn, occasionally unbearable - but never indifferent.

Until now.

He'd barely looked at me all night. Just silence, clipped responses, eyes that saw straight through me like I was another line on the company's expense sheet.

It should've made things easier. It didn't.

By the time I got home, I was still thinking about him - the way he said "That's peace. You should try it." Like moving on was something ...