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Chapter 40 - 40. Breaking character

ISLA~

I don't know what to call it, but it isn't nothing. But till I figure out what this is. I can't touch you.

So, can you wait for me.

I woke up startled by my own words. My chest was rising and falling rapidly, my breath hitching in the quiet dark of the room. Despite the room's air conditioning blasting a steady stream of freezing air, I was sweating vigorously.

​I dragged a trembling hand down my face, willing my heart rate to slow down. I was a woman of logic, of calculated risks and airtight contracts. Waking up in a cold sweat over a client was not just unprofessional, it was dangerous.

"You look like you've seen a ghost."

I turned toward the voice. My eyes landed on Leonard who was seated by the desk illuminated only by the faint glow of the reading lamp.

"Bad dream?" He asked.

"Hmmm."

I got up and stretched.

"Elara is back" I said.

"I saw her, she looked err. Okay"

I picked up my phone. Of course she was. 3:39 it read. My insomnia sure was getting worse.

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