d the financial district. Victor sat in the back seat, hi
beam of a phone flashlight moving up a dark stairwell. The image clawed at the
ancial Tower. Victor shoved the door open before Sean could even put the
oor. The air pressure in the executive sui
ack of manila folders. Dylan took one look at Victor's rigid
a in his massive office and walked straight to th
waiting in the boardroom, sir
ed around.
g glass table, his eyes cold and dead. He picked up the first proposal, glanced at the execut
d, or are you just naturally incompetent
, humiliated the senior analysts, and demanded complete rewrites by midnight.
office and collapsed into his leather chair. He pinched the
displaying complex candlestick charts and real-time market
ment. Is there heat in that building? Did
echoed in the empty office. He was furious wi
button on his desk.
tiously, holding a notepad lik
to make eye contact. He cleared his throat. "If a pregnant woman... is in an en
nked twice, his brain struggling to process the quest
vy metal pen from his desk and hurled it. It bounced off the door
e asthma attacks. And if she's lifting heavy objects, e
is heart executed a painful, violent stutter. His finge
ng, lying in those dark apartments. His breathing h
ut a cold, dismissive scoff. "Good. A mi
e-knuckle grip Victor had on the armrests
" Victor
cally ran fr
He pulled his personal phone from his pocket. He opened his contacts, intending
he screen. He scrolled d
hrough his contacts, only to realize he had never bothered to save her number. His jaw clenched tight. It was just a string of cold digits, buried somewhere deep in the comprehensive
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