ne white hospital bed. The dangerous r

ication dripped steadily into the

ing only a dark dress shirt, he sat in the

face, unblinking, as if trying to c

ic mask, his eyes boiled with

th his long fingers and gently brushed away

ying a reverent carefulness that completely

hing. Her brows pulled together slightly,

ver and wrapped her small, cool hand

d's private phone sitting on the marble ni

unknown number, but his photographic memory immediately recognized the digits-it was the exact same

y, he pressed answer and brought the p

voice immediately came through th

, hinting at an invitation to dinner a

, but between you and me, Mr. Klein, a junior who only knows how to bury her head in code will

olland's mouth curled into a

ho was still sleeping peacefully. A fie

freezing tone, he merciless

a dinner invitation," he said. "And the fact that you think my interest in

and he had absolutely zero tolerance for desperate, talen

y ensure your resume is blacklisted from every tech firm on the Ea

ability to speak, only managing t

ingle second to recover. He

straight into the block list, permanently

ed the phone back onto the table and

ft, highly restrained kiss right abo