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Playing the Professional Act

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last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-04-27 22:31:00

Emma’s POV

By day, I was ice.

Unshakable. Unreadable. Untouchable.

In the boardroom, I was my father’s daughter—composed, intelligent, dressed in tailored perfection and speaking with the same cutthroat precision he raised me with. I didn’t glance at Killian. I didn’t smile. I barely acknowledged his existence unless absolutely necessary.

He returned the favor.

We’d sit across from each other in meetings, pretending there was nothing between us. No memories of my thighs around his waist. No evidence of his voice whispering filthy promises against my skin.

We played the perfect coworkers.

But behind closed doors? That was a different story.

It was always a different story.

Killian’s POV

I never thought acting like I didn’t know her would be this hard.

It wasn’t just the sex it was her scent that lingered on my shirt after she left my office. It was the knowing look in her eyes when someo
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