The building was quiet. The kind of quiet that made every sound seem louder than it should be. The hum of the overhead lights vibrated softly through the empty office, mixing with the faint rattle of the rain outside. She shouldn’t have been here this late. Everyone else had gone home hours ago.
But this was her first week on the job, and she wanted to impress him.
The boss.
The man she’d grown up calling Uncle Damon. Her father’s best friend. Her new employer.
She bent over her desk, scrolling through numbers on the screen, trying to ignore the way her legs ached from sitting too long. A few strands of hair fell over her face, but she didn’t bother tucking them back. No one was around to see her.
Or so she thought.
“Still here?”
The deep voice rolled through the quiet space like sm
