Celina couldn’t hold it in. A laugh slipped out—light, freeing, though still tired.

“Only you could make me laugh at a time like this.”

Zoe leaned against Celina’s desk like someone about to hear a major secret, winked, and pointed at her.

“That’s exactly why I’m here! Because, darling, no one—and I mean no one—around this company is talking about anything else but you, Celina! The sweet, polite, proper lady who suddenly… turned into a tigress!”

Celina’s eyes widened, nearly choking on her own