Rowan’s POV
By late evening, the office was quiet. Most of the building had emptied hours ago, but Liora was still hunched over her laptop, fingers tapping, eyes fixed, as though the world outside didn’t exist. When she finally straightened, stretching her shoulders with a soft sigh, I knew the moment was coming.
She slid the laptop toward me. “Done. The revisions are all there.” she said, looking tired and relieved to have finally gotten the work done and over with.
I took the file from her without a word. Iopened the file and began scanning through it. Silence stretched between us, broken only by the low hum of the lamp overhead. My eyes tracked each section, noting improvements… but also gaps. I closed the laptop with a muted snap. “Still sloppy.” I finally said, looking unim
