Chapter 79

Sienna

The soft clinking of silverware and hushed murmurs of conversation filled the restaurant. It was quiet, elegant, the kind of place you’d never imagine walking into without a reservation or three weeks of planning.

And yet, here I was.

Sitting across from Damon Lockwood.

At a candlelit table. In a private corner. With a waiter who looked like he cost more than my entire wardrobe.

A place where I knew that I most likely did not belong, judging by my rank and everything that I’ve learned to live with.

It should have been uncomfortable.

But strangely… it wasn’t.

Maybe it was because I was with him that I felt like I belonged somehow, that the two of us could actually sit in a restaurant like this.

I stirred my drink slowly, the ice cubes clinking softly against the glass as I watched him from across the table. He hadn’t said much since we sat down, but I could tell something was on his mind.

“What is this about, D