Kael was quiet as the car drove through the busy city streets. His thoughts were far from the office or the meetings waiting for him. His mind kept going back to the scene this morning, when he found Ayla standing on the edge of the bridge. The way she had looked at him, her eyes filled with pain, still haunted him.
He shook his head, trying to clear the thoughts. He couldn’t let it distract him. FOCUS. He had work to do.
Beside him, Leo sat in the driver's seat, driving carefully through the traffic. Leo glanced over at Kael, sensing something was off.
“You good, boss?” Leo asked, his voice low.
Kael didn’t answer right away. He stared out the window, his jaw clenched. “No,” he finally said. “I can’t stop thinking about her.”
Leo knew exactly who Kael meant. The woman from this morni
