Chapter 60
Days passed, and Amelia recovered and even insisted on going to work, even though Kai suggested that she rest for a few more days. But how could she accept? Every second she spent with him felt like hell. She needed to calm herself, sort her emotions out, and bury them while at it.
Now, back at the office, she surrounded herself with the familiar sounds of ringing phones, the clicking of keyboards, the smell of latte. Since Fashion Week had ended, Liavenne had obviously become less busy, and almost everyone was a bit idle. So, using this opportunity, Amelia began sketching, not following any theme, just for fun. She wanted to use it to immerse herself in her world and push aside the mess of emotions tangled inside her.
But it didn’t. With every single stroke, she found herself thinking about Kai, and by the time she was done sketching, her model resembled Kai by at least eighty percent.
"Damn it," Amelia muttered, quite enraged with her turbulent emotions.
Damien walked into the office, a phone in his hand, as he aggressively spoke to the person on the other end of the call. Then, seeing the other figure in his office, he froze, not even realizing when his hand shut off the call.
Damien had never known fear like that before.
The moment he had discovered Amelia had been kidnapped, something inside him had snapped. It wasn’t just worry, it was terror, a gut-wrenching panic that clawed at his chest and made it impossible to think straight. Every second she had been missing had been a second of pure hell. Furthermore, not only had Amelia’s reputation plummeted because of the failed press conference, but now he also had the problem of finding whoever had taken her. He had called the police, Kai, and the Cosgrove family. While the police had searched without fail, Mason seemed less bothered, and Kai acted almost nonchalantly.
He was lost on what to do, in despair, when suddenly, just like that, he received a call from Kai Blackwood, of all people, saying Amelia had been found. No details, no explanations. Just a cold, clipped sentence before the line went dead.
It had been maddening.
He had wanted to rush over, to see her with his own eyes, to make sure she was safe, but Kai had made it very clear he wasn’t welcome.
Now, standing in the office, Damien finally saw her again for the first time since that nightmare.