Liam’s POV
The moment she surrendered, even partially, the air in the office shifted. It was heavier, denser, charged with a heat neither of us could deny. Sadie Reed stood before me, her pulse racing, chest rising and falling rapidly, every fiber of her being trembling with anticipation — and desire. The office, once a place of calculation, strategy, and precision, had become something entirely different: a battleground for temptation, a minefield of desire, a place where control no longer existed.
I stepped closer, deliberately closing the remaining space between us. Every inch, every movement, every breath was electric. I could feel her energy, the subtle warmth radiating from her skin, the magnetic pull that had haunted me for months, now fully unleashed. She was no longer resisting
