he time Elena Roth finally stepped away from her desk. She hadn't left her office a

leadership. Sophie was already there, lounging on the couch in a caramel-colored blazer and

ou really ought to pretend you're human someti

d sat across from her. "They re

Sophie replied. "Though in your

other, and looked toward the floor-to-ceiling windows. A fine mi

set her tea down and said, "I he

ed a brow.

thread about how you and Liam Carter were stuck for ten minu

gh a flicker of something passed over her expression.

forward. "You

awa

see it in the way you keep

dcard. I don't like strangers n

rt," Sophie

arp glance. "This is

t it could become that w

ssed. Her reflection stared back at her in the gla

glass. One wrong step, and everything cracks. I can't afford sentiment.

ember some of the most dangerous men wear the kindest fac

e you saying you

You're not just a CEO now. You're a target. The w

The warning hung in

ng in solitude, headphones on, eyes laser-focused on his screen bu

arning was

lready more entangle