CHAPTER 156

BASIC SECURITY!

His mouth was velvety, his lips were plump. Cilmo laughed inside his mouth when their teeth accidentally clashed, and he stumbled when she sought his tongue.

Fael moved away from her, leaving her momentarily puzzled.

"What's wrong?" she asked when she noticed he was uncomfortable and had moved to the other side of the elevator, his head bowed.

"I'm sorry... I..."

"It's okay, Fael. We're in your workplace," she said, trying to convey calmness. She released the elevator button. "Give me your contact information, and we can arrange to meet outside of here, talk a bit, get to know each other better."

He dictated his number, and she wrote it down. She smiled at him before letting him off the elevator when it reached the ground floor.

She celebrated with Murilo and Lipe in the waiting room when they told her that Lara would be transferred to observation in the late afternoon, moving out of the ICU. This was more than enough reason to celebrate, and the group was buzzing with