Visiting the Eclipse HQ (4)

Author's note: this is from Duke's point of view

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I was on the sofa, holding Serina's hands in mine and rubbing her knuckles with my thumbs frantically, confirming the existence of the energy that makes my nerves tingle whenever we touch.

Her face was lit up with a smile that reached her eyes and I chanted to myself that  Serina is really here, in my office.

Serina bit her lower lip nervously and glanced at the closed door behind me. "I hope I didn't interrupt anything important."

I shook my head at the silly girl. How can anything be more important than her?

"Will you say something? Did a cat got your tongue?", Serina asked playfully, and I realized that since I chase away my two managers, I didn't speak.

"I'm still absorbing the fact that you are really here and I'm not imagining it. I thought about you in my office so many times, that I suspect this is my mind playing tricks on me."