Liam’s POV
The office was quiet, the kind of stillness that always preceded calculation. I stood by the window, looking out at the city below, the streets glowing with the lights of a thousand lives moving in a thousand directions. And yet, none of that mattered. Because in that moment, the only variable that demanded my attention was Sadie Reed.
She moved through the office with her usual precision, the subtle grace of her movements drawing my eye even as I tried to remain objective. Her posture was impeccable, her expression neutral, yet there was tension beneath the surface. A stiffness in her shoulders. The way her hands flexed slightly whenever she picked up a folder. Small, almost imperceptible, but I noticed everything. I always noticed everything.
Every detail about her was a co
