Chapter 160

Cecilia His breath, hot and unsettling, ghosted across my cheek. A betraying flush instantly heated my skin, a traitorous blush spreading from my neck upwards. I squeezed my eyes shut in sheer frustration. Since when did a man supposedly wining and dining clients at a power lunch suddenly materialize behind me? And the absolute worst part? He’d been eavesdropping. “You—” I whirled around to face him, my voice a sharp hiss. “Eavesdropping is a serious invasion of privacy! Whatever happened to basic decency?” Sebastian merely lifted his chin, a casual gesture toward the water dispenser behind me. “Sawyer took the meeting. I was getting water,” he stated, his tone infuriatingly calm. “It wasn’t intentional. You were just… particularly animated.” My jaw went slack. I could practically feel the gears in my brain grinding to a halt. I sat up straighter, clutching at any shred of professionalism. “…It’s company time.” "It's actually lunch break," he corrected. Lunch breaks were for catching a