Liam’s POV
The moment Sadie surrendered, the atmosphere in the office transformed. Every corner, every shadow, every surface seemed alive with the electricity between us. Professionalism, rules, boundaries—they no longer existed. They had dissolved the instant we acknowledged the storm we could no longer contain. And I wasn’t about to hold back.
I watched her, taking in the subtle tremor in her fingers, the rapid rise and fall of her chest, the soft flush creeping along her skin. Every detail, every movement, every breath called to me, daring me to cross the lines we had once agreed were inviolable. And I wanted to. Desperately.
“Sadie,” I murmured, stepping closer, letting the magnetic pull between us close the space we had been orbiting for months. “There’s no going back now. Every se
