on. Alex could sense the discomfort in her voice, but her voice was

possibly fear in her eyes. Suddenly she was back on her feet, a polis

rough, Bennett's voice remained steady, and he wa

nse. The night before, it was a distant and almost superna

hared night, the electric attraction, the hurt of her misfortune, and the lingering scent of her perfume. It wasn't

ore responsibilities. Alex was always known for his ability to separate his pe

couldn't seem to be distracted, especially in front of his team. No matter how complica

ey didn't know the details. He had to grab it fast. This would have turned out to

the chaos in his mind. He needed time to think and to accept this unanticipated event. His profession was built on co

ince he was a kid. Alex listened to his advisor and made his company a tech titan by taking risks. After years, h

oor, and he st

elcome the visitor an

tucked into a backless ponytail while wearing a well-fitted suit. She was professional, b

ely. They were surrounded by a vast expanse of land, with each passing second.

remorseful about their collabora

, his tone steady. "But it

ip in her eyes, but whatever it was, it vanished before he could be

ard. "Because if last night is goi

rupted firmly. "Last

remorse as well as

as they had a job that they had to do. It also did not mean that it was going to be easy or that stiffness was going to be absent either. The feeling that they used to be g

fted for an instant as if the words didn't taste right to h

uld exit, Alex's

ivi

der with an unreadable expression, bef

rds fall out before he could catch them, leavi

l finally it became an entity of its own. A few beats passed;

ed out, leaving Alex alone with his th

tions than answers. The night they shared had introduced complications he wasn't sure how t

rsonal lives, had only begun to come apart in front of Alex's eyes. There was something too big coming down

the first few steps of a much longer and more convoluted journey kept tugging at him. They had been a