Chapter 20 So Unfamiliar It Rattled Him

Camelia looked awkward and embarrassed, biting her lower lip. Lucian's gaze darkened and stayed locked on Rosalie. "I don't want to watch my work go up in smoke either," Rosalie said. With that, she headed straight for the main console. The engineers parted without thinking, as if pushed back by an invisible current. Her fingers flew over the keys. Lines of dense code streamed across the monitor like water. She was cool and focused, as if the world had narrowed to her and the machine in front of her. The same people who had been tearing their hair out a minute ago held their breath now. Seeing this, Camelia dug her nails into her palm. Lucian stared at Rosalie, his breath catching. Across both lives, he had never seen Rosalie like this. In his memory, her eyes had always followed him wherever he went. She had been a cheerful sunflower that turned toward its sun. He had once told her he disliked women who were too career-driven. So, after the wedding, she quit her job and sai