Chapter Twenty

LARA

The place was... airy.

That was the first word that came to mind. Not warm, not cozy—though maybe it was that too—but airy. Like someone had taken the concept of breath and built a house around it. Floor-to-ceiling windows everywhere, sunlight pouring in like it paid rent. Pale walls, pale floors, and that subtle hum of something expensive and minimalistic.

We were seated in what I assumed wa