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Bound By The Desk 70: Locked Door
Zephyr's POV“Get out.”Vorian’s voice cuts through the office like a blade. Cold and final. I stand frozen for one second. Then I turn and walk to the door. I open it, step into the hallway and the door closes behind me with a soft click.The hallway is quiet, too quiet. People at their desks look up and their eyes follow me. Whispers start before I take three steps.“Bet Vorian fires him today.”“He is a spy from Holt. Has to be.”The words hit my back like stones. I keep walking. My face burns, my chest burns and my hands shake. I reach my own office. It is smaller compared to Vorian's office, it has glass walls. I close the door and stand there for a while, breathing hard. The whispers still echo in my ears.I cannot stay here. I cannot sit at my desk and pretend everything is fine. I cannot let him push me away. Not like this.I turn and walk back, fast and furious. People stare again but I do not give a fuck. I pass Silas in the hallway. He calls my name.“Zephyr… wait…”Sorry S
Bound By The Desk 69: Betrayal's Edge
Vorian's POV The gossip site headline sits on my screen like poison. NexusVibe Secretary Zephyr Cole: Fired from HoltTech After Whistleblower Scandal. The article is short and ugly. It shows Zephyr’s old employee badge. His face smiles in the photo. He is young and looks confident. The word “fired” is in bold. “Whistleblower” in bold. “Unethical practices” in bold. No names and no dates, just enough truth to cut.I stare at the words until they blur. My office is quiet and the door is closed. The city outside keeps moving. I feel nothing at first. Then the anger comes. Slow, hot and deep.I trusted him completely. I let him in. I let him close and he kept this from me.I pick up my phone and dial Silas. He answers on the second ring.“Vorian,” he says. “You saw it?”“Yes,” I say. My voice is flat. “You knew?”A pause. “Yes,” he says. “I knew.”I close my eyes. “When you hired him,” I say. “You saw the HoltTech file? You knew he worked for Nathaniel? You knew he was fired?”“Yes,” S
Bound By The Desk 68: Late Calls
Selene's POV I sit cross-legged on my bed. The room is dark except for the small lamp on the nightstand. Soft yellow light falls on the blanket and my phone. The screen shows Silas’s name. I have called twice already but there was no answer. My thumb hovers over the call button again. I bite my lip. For the third time, I press the dial button.It rings. Not just once or twice. Not even three times. Four. My thumb hovers over the end button. I almost hang up, thinking he is asleep or too busy to talk. Then his voice finally comes through. It sounds so tired and rough, like gravel under tires, heavy with exhaustion that makes my chest ache a little. “Hey,” he says again, quieter this time, as if even speaking takes effort. “Sorry. I saw the calls earlier. Just… got caught up in something.”I let out a breath I did not know I was holding. My chest felt tight until that moment. “You sound dead,” I say. My voice comes out soft, worried. “Are you okay?” I ask again, even though I already
Bound By The Desk 67: No Clock
Zephyr's POVI have not slept in my own bed in one week. My room at my parents’ house stays empty. The quilt Mom folded last time I was there still lies flat. The pillow has no dent. The desk lamp stays off. I live here now; in the warehouse, in Vorian’s office, in the hours between normal work and secret work.Morning begins at NexusVibe. I sit at my desk outside Vorian’s office where I answer emails, schedule meetings and bring him black coffee at 7:30 sharp. I smile at people who walk past, act like everything is normal. No one knows I run on four hours of sleep. No one knows I leave at six, drive to the west side warehouse, and start the real work.The warehouse is our second home. White walls, long metal tables, server racks hum low in the back while the air conditioners keep the room cold. Sleeping bags roll out on the concrete floor, pizza boxes stack in the corner and empty coffee cups line the edges. The smell is always the same: pepperoni grease, burnt coffee, warm electron
Bound By The Desk 66: After Hours
Vorian's POV The next morning comes with clear sunlight through my office windows. I sit behind my desk with coffee steaming in my hand. It tastes strong and bitter. Zephyr stands near the window, he looks at the city below. Silas sits on the couch with his legs stretched out. Jake stands by the door, his hands in his pockets. The room feels small with four of us inside.I set the cup down. The sound is loud in the quiet. “We continue our work here to avoid suspicion.” I say. “We come to the office every day, we attend meetings, we answer emails. We look busy.”Silas nods. “And Aegis?” he asks.“Aegis moves off-site,” I say. “After hours only. And as we know, no one knows about it. No board. No staff. Just us four.”Zephyr turns from the window. His eyes meet mine. “Where?” he asks.“Warehouse on the west side,” I say. “I bought it two years ago. No name on it. No paper trail. It is secure.”Jake speaks. “Internet?” he asks.“Dedicated line,” I say. “Encrypted. Jake, you set the fire
Bound By The Desk 65: Home Tonight
Zephyr's POVI stand in Vorian’s office, the room feels big and quiet and the city lights shine through the tall windows. Vorian sits in his chair with my phone resting on the desk. He stares at it. He has called his mother three times but there was no answer. His fingers tap the wood slowly. His face looks tired and worried.I watch him, my heart hurts for him. This is not like Vorian, he always stays calm. He always knows what to do but tonight he looks lost.I walk to him and stand in front of his desk. “It is late,” I say. My voice is soft. “Your mother is not young, she sleeps early, maybe she turned her phone off.”He looks up. His eyes is dark. “She always answers,” he says. “Even at night.”I nod. “Maybe she is really tired,” I say. “From the day's activities or from everything.”He rubs his face. “I need to know,” he says. “I need to hear her say it.”I sigh, I really want to knock his head but it is useless, as much as I want to yell at him, I just have to be the bigger pers
Bound By The Desk 55: Safe Harbor
Vorian’s POVThe rain lashes against the penthouse panes like it demands to come inside.I slump on the shadowed obsidian sofa with only one ember on, the city fire smeared into streaks of amber and red outside the barrier.My phone rests face down on the coffee table. I have not touched it in hour
Bound By The Desk 54: Hallway Truth
Zephyr’s POVI slip out of Vorian’s lair and draw the door until it snaps shut behind me, hushed enough that he will not catch it from the inside.The hallway feels colder than the room, probably because the air conditioning is always set to arctic on the executive floor.My shoes make almost no so
Bound By The Desk 53: Aegis
Vorian’s POVToday is the beginning of a new week. I walk into my office, settling down.I can see that Zephyr has been in here judging on how the room look.It was different from how I left it, the files on the shelf are arranged alphabetically, only Zephyr can do that.Silas is not someone to arr
Bound By The Desk 52: Brew & Bean
Zephyr’s POVI can’t remember the last time I came to Brew and Bean.Was it Selene’s birthday two years ago when we split that giant cinnamon roll and laughed until our sides hurt? Or the day I got the HoltTech job offer and danced around the tables like a fool? Maybe it was the rainy afternoon we
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