Katherine sat frozen at her desk, a bead of disbelief trickling down her spine. She could still feel the echo of Leonard's footsteps in the lobby. He had actually come here. She tried to steady her breathing. The chaos he'd caused in her life still felt fresh.
She glanced toward Felix's office. She caught the flicker of something in his expression earlier: annoyance. A protective storm cloud gathering behind a steely calm. Katherine had seen that look before. It meant only one thing: Felix was angry. And that anger had drawn its power from something far deeper than professional rivalry.
Katherine rubbed the tension out of her temples. She focused on work, inputting numbers and clipping emails closed, until the clock struck five.
Felix emerged from his office not long after, eyes shadowed with the residue of whatever had stirred his temper earlier.
"Hey," she said, casually stepping into his path. "You should come by tonight."
Felix paused, his brow creasing just slightly.
