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He was never mine The Inspection
The building stood in front of me, its historic facade catching the morning light decorated with old stone and tall windows. I could see some renovations had been done through the glass. Wyatt’s car was already parked outside.I stepped outside of my car, adjusting the straps of my bag on my shoulders. The morning air was cool and the street was still quiet at this hour. He was waiting near the entrance, his hands were relaxed by his side like he had been there for a while.“Morning,” he greeted.“Morning.”The main door clicked open with his keycard. He held it for me. I walked past him into the building that was mine now. The air inside smelled like fresh paint and new materials. Sawdust lingered faintly at some corners. Protective sheets covered the floor while some construction materials and equipment were neatly stacked at some corners. The lobby was impressive.The ceiling was high, giving the entire long an open and spacious feel. Natural light flooded through the newly ins
He was never mine Familiar
Avery’s POVThe crisis was over.IT had secured the systems and the Royal Collection files were safe and now he was standing in my office like nothing extraordinary had happened yesterday. Wyatt Kane leaned casually against the edge of my desk, with one hand in his pocket, his expression calm in that way that made it very impossible to read.I stood across from him. The question sat between us, heavy and unavoidable.He’d just saved my company, offered the building with no strings attached and asked only to handle the security.Why?The question kept circling in my head.Wyatt Kane wasn’t a philanthropist. Men like him don’t do favors. “Why are you doing this?”The words slipped out of my mouth before I could stop them.He lifted his gaze to mine. “Doing what?”“Being nice to me.” I gestured vaguely around the room. “Helping me, saving me and giving me a building.”His mouth twisted.“That’s a dramatic interpretation.”“You know what I mean, Mr. Kane.”The silence stretched between
He was never mine The Fix
Avery’s POV“What kind of security issue?” I asked.For a second, nobody moved. Wyatt was standing near the center of my office and Stella was halfway through the doorway. The tension that had been building between us had shifted instantly into something cooler.Stella’s face went pale.“IT flagged a breach,” she said. “Someone breached our firewall.”My pulse spiked.“When?” I asked.“They’re assessing it.” She replied quickly. “But it happened within two hours.”I was already moving toward the door. Wyatt stepped aside.“Which systems were accessed?”Stella hesitated. “The design servers.”Everything inside me went still.The design servers held the core of Monochrome. Every sketch, every private commission waiting to be released, including the ones that weren’t public yet.I pushed past Stella and headed straight for IT.The IT department was in chaos when I entered. Three engineers were hunched over monitors, typing rapidly as screens filled with codes.My head of IT, Daniel, look
He was never mine Uninvited
Avery’s POVThe moment I stepped back into the Monochrome building, the tension followed me inside. We just left a property inspection.Stella was already walking beside me, as we crossed the lobby.“Legal is reviewing three other alternative properties,” she said. “The building two blocks south of Kane Venture’s building is the strongest candidate.”I nodded.Wyatt Kane could keep his building. We would find another one.I wasn’t going back to his office. I wasn't sitting across from him again while he calmly explained why giving him control over my company was supposed to be reasonable.The whole meeting was a disaster.No!I was done playing his game.Stella informed me the legal team contacted the building owner and negotiation was moving fast.That’s exactly what I want, a solution that didn’t involve Wyatt Kane’s We were halfway down the corridor to my office when Stella’s tablet buzzed. She glanced at the screen and her expression changed.“Ms. Montreaux…”“What?”“Wyatt Kane
He was never mine Regrets
Wyatt’s POVThe conference room was dead silent after she left.I sat there for a long time, staring at the folder she’d thrown back at me still on the table where it landed.The door had closed minutes ago. But I could still hear it, the sound of her walking away.I’d expected negotiation, counter-offers and push back.Not this, not her walking out completely.My assistant appeared cautiously in the doorway, like he wasn't entirely sure if he should interrupt.“Should I follow up with Monochrome?” He asked. “No.”He hesitated. “Sir…”“I said leave it, for now.”He nodded once and disappeared again.I leaned back in my chair, the leather cracking softly beneath me.The conference room suddenly became larger than it had an hour ago. It was too quiet.My gaze returned to the folder. Every condition I’d laid out.Some made sense. They were defensible, standard in development deals.I replayed the conversation in my mind.The way her expression had changed with each condition. One momen
He was never mine More Conditions
Avery’s POV“When do we start?”Wyatt watched me for a moment. Something subtle shifted in his expression. “There are additional conditions.”I straightened in my chair. “You already gave your terms.”His assistant came into the room, went straight to him and handed him a file.“Those were structural terms.” He set his pen down. “These are operational.”The air in the room changed immediately. Whatever came next, I wasn’t going to like it at all. Stella also shifted where she was standing, her eyes drifted between us as tension rippled through the room.Wyatt leaned forward and slid the file across the table.“Because Kane Ventures will control the building infrastructure, our systems must integrate with Monochrome’s internal systems.”I waited.“That includes building security network.” He explained further. “Data infrastructure. Access systems. Emergency protocols.”My fingers tightened on the armrest. “You want access to my company’s internal systems.” “To the infrastructure t
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