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Beneath the penthouse
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2025-09-04 21:43:48
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It's Just Business Burn or Win?
Brandon's POV The penthouse was quiet. Way too quiet.But this is exactly what I wanted, space, order, silence. For weeks, the walls had carried voices that weren’t mine, footsteps that didn’t belong here. Aria’s books laying around, Ada’s precise and clipped movements, and above all, Alexis. Her presence had been inescapable. She left traces of herself everywhere: the faint scent of whatever she used in her hair, the quiet rhythm of her humming in the kitchen alone early in the morning, the way her laugh cracked the polished walls I’d built over the years.I told myself I wanted it gone. I’d convinced myself that their finally moving downstairs would restore what was mine. But now, the silence didn’t feel like mine anymore. It felt so hollow. Like something had been pulled out of the walls and left with her.I came home late every night. Later than usual. I buried myself in meetings that didn’t need me, reviewed reports twice, sometimes three times. I even lingered in conversations
It's Just Business This is War.
Lexi's POV The apartment was quiet, finally. Aria had drifted off hours ago, her chest rising in the steady rhythm of deep sleep. She must have been so tired cause the doctor said her body is still weak and will take a while to go back to its normal routine. Ada was in the guest room, door shut, though I doubted she slept heavily, not with all the responsibility on her shoulders now. The new place was everything Aria needed and more. I should have been relieved. I should have been able to close my eyes and rest, even just a little. After all, everything was working out perfectly and according to plan. But instead, I sat on the edge of the unfamiliar bed in the unfamiliar bedroom, staring at the glow of my phone where his name had lit the screen earlier. One call. No message. Not that Brandon was ever the type to explain himself in person than to talk more with words on a screen.I hadn’t answered. I’d told myself it was because I didn’t want to give him the satisfaction. But the tr
It's Just Business Beneath the penthouse
Lexi's POV It had been a week since the fight.Seven long days where Brandon hadn’t shown his face, hadn’t called, hadn’t so much as sent a message. I told myself it was better this way—that his absence was a relief. But the truth was, silence had a way of digging under my skin, festering in the cracks of my thoughts until I couldn’t stop replaying both our words.I had always preferred being plain, saying our minds, hell, fighting was even better, but silence always prickled me in any scenario. It's better to say everything and get it out of the way and go about our normal life. But with Brandon, there was nothing normal between us, yes, we had both said our minds and quarreled, and the silence had never bothered me when it came to him, in fact, I welcomed it cause it was weirdly...our thing. But now this was just...different.The things I’d thrown at him, the things he’d thrown back.How much did they cut?How much they still burned.Normally, I never cared about hurting a man like
It's Just Business Unfinished words
Lexi's POV The hospital room was still, the kind of stillness that pressed against my ears until even the faintest sound became so magnified. Aria’s breathing was steady, deep, the rise and fall of her chest was at a slow and steady rhythm. The IV line was connected to her, and the steady beep of the monitor was the only thing occupying the silence. It had been a day since Brandon and I tore into each other in this very suffocating room, words flung like knives, anger coiling so tightly I could still feel it thrumming in my veins. The echo of our argument still clung to the air, sharp, like glass that was still shattering. My chest felt raw, every word we’d thrown at each other replaying like it had been carved into my head. I hated him. Dan had pulled an extra shift at the restaurant and wasn’t here tonight. He'd dropped off dinner on his way and even ate with me. I think it was his way of asking if I was okay after yesterday, but I didn't say anything because there was absolutel
It's Just Business Echoes that Cut
Brandon's POV The doors to the elevator shut, and I was grateful I was the only one in it. I didn’t wait to see if Sam even followed me. The second those last words left my lips, I saw I got her, and it hit. The second she snapped at me with that fire in her eyes, I was done. When the elevator opened I walked through the reception and past the murmuring nurses, and didn’t stop until the glass doors slid open. I didn’t slow. My stride was sharp, decisive, and every step showed the echo of my anger. I'd had enough of being in that suffocating place, enough of her voice gnawing at him like she had any right. The air hit me hard, cool against my skin, but it didn’t settle the heat burning in my chest. Liam scrambled to open the car door, but I ignored him, yanking it myself and sliding inside and slamming the door which rattled the frame. “Drive.” The word came out clipped, sharper than I intended, but my throat felt raw. The engine purred to life, the hospital shrinking in the rearv
It's Just Business Fault lines
Lexi's POV “You...Fucker...”The word slipped out before I could stop myself, they were sharp and venomous, but the moment it left my lips, I knew I’d hit a nerve.Brandon’s head snapped toward me like a whip,his cold, steel-gray eyes narrowing, pinning me in place with the kind of intensity that made the hairs on my whole body stand up.“Watch your mouth,” he said, low and dangerous. Not a shout, not even close. But the weight behind it made my chest tighten.I didn’t flinch. I refused to. My anger burned too hot for that. “Or what? You going to sue me for slander now, Mr. Wilson, or no no, you’ll call security on me? Oh, I know, I know, the worst…you'll add a morality clause to your precious contract?” I said adding air quotes.The muscles in his jaw ticked. He looked like he was reining himself in, like one more wrong word from me would set him off completely. “Maybe we should finish this conversation in private.”I laughed, it was ugly but small. “Why? What’s the point? There’s n
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