ries long before Kelvin Wolfe

father, Damian Wolfe, a stron

s she set her eye

st as the reckless heir who b

ng CEO who turned the compa

nking that one day he

ole perfectly, loyal, indispens

had, from how he took his cof

he was

of it had ev

way one sees furniture. He was

ed. Neve

matter of time. That one day,

she did. That she could be th

man who

n she a

Ban

tern walked through the do

lvin's sharp eyes followed An

ut with some

t another fleeting attraction. Ke

moths to flame, and he neve

the fir

Rose noticed things

usement in his voice when he

meetings was something he nev

l, the way Anna

tching them from across the

osture relaxed, her expressi

ook at her that way, t

ely been here long enough t

tant

o

ldn't a

g in Kelvin's world. Ros

anner h

ing her place in Kelvin Wolfe

s, and the way his mind worked.

eventually, he woul

w, he was s

picion that tightened in her c

his expression softened just

y he listened to Anna, the w

in's dynamic with women. He

at. But Anna

uldn't

mall disruptions meant to fr

, wrong meeting times, whisp

Anna was tru

wasn't

e esca

to conversations that had noth

Kelvin and Anna interacted

oke, and undermined her

ggressive

Anna neve

stration as Anna held her g

e subtle war being

Kelvin

derstand what was happening. B

ments where his sharp eyes li

omething

ice emptied and the tension b

finally

her, Rose? His tone was c

r head as if he were imagining

m with

t watched her, unreadable.

at made her

uld be

No confrontation. Just a warn

shift, the groun

was startin

the way she