Chapter 17 After The Fire

• Nathan POV
• The door clicked shut, and the silence that rushed back into the room felt like a physical blow.
• I stared at the heavy mahogany wood, my arms still stretched out into the empty air where Ryan had been standing just seconds ago. My heart was hammering so violently against my ribs that it hurt to breathe. The air in my office felt freezing, completely stripped of the warmth he always brought with him.