underground parking area of t

out and guided Alexia toward a private elevator

ilored black suit stood before a wide glass wi

door before the secretary spoke.

rned around wi

aw his face, a quie

e to face with Ethan Campbell, the man everyon

r more imposing in person. His presence carried weight, and the way his eyes settled o

e expected, he felt

her as if measuring eve

e a small

appeared betw

of him didn't match the ima

ght in a storm within the market. Meetings drag

, an email from Lia had landed in

the market would take and detailed

er, the events that followed proved

ifted, another message from Lia would arri

iew, but over time, that doubt

ended up pushing Campbell Group's

business ran into trouble when new

ssage from Lia appear

ps or solutions laid out. Instead, th

so clearly and offer such precise dir

f him looked fragile enough to be

before speaking. "Give me a r

away. Her eyes shifted br

an raised a hand, signaling f

he door closed, leaving on

aid, his voice l

nresolved problems in Campbell Group's overseas operations. She

soning. The information she laid out was thoroug

explain how to act on

s, she spoke calmly. "Does

ssion as he looked at her again, t

ve years," he said, a hint of amusement in

. "If you want, I can

, studying every detail. "

backing me," Alexia s

t's

d. She then added, "Everything

danger crept into

kness, yet the look in her

p, like a threat waiting beneath the surfac

s like you're asking me

the risk, the greater the return. Whether you

d the space b

gaze to the woma

er posture, almost as if she had

oup doesn't carry dead weight, and it won't be used for s

nish, "You don't need to warn me

reply. Instead of annoyance, a fa

aled his assistant, Dominic Pay

est Manor. Let the staff know she's

d," Domini

led Alexia out

ehind them with

, his eyes fixed on the closed door as his

n another, t

occurred to him, he pic

verything from those five years inside as well. And keep an ey

attention shifted to the em

longer felt as s

ually in co

into an inte