Chapter 31 — Surrendering Fully Sadie’s POV Every sound outside the office had vanished. The city’s hum, the faint buzz of traffic, even the soft flicker of the overhead lights had faded into nothingness. There was only Liam, only the heat of his presence, only the fire between us that had been simmering for months and was now fully unleashed. I could feel his warmth pressing against me, the subtle brush of his hand along mine sending shivers from my fingertips down to my toes. My pulse raced, chest tightening, every nerve ending alive with anticipation. Every thought, every rational consideration, every ounce of control I had tried to maintain dissolved in the magnetic heat between us. “I… I can’t stop thinking about you,” I whispered, voice trembling, eyes locked on his. “About us… a

