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Edge of Desire pt3

Author: S.D Carella
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-07 00:05:15

The first thing Elena noticed when she walked into the office the next morning was the silence.

Not the usual corporate hum of phones ringing, keyboards clattering, voices low and clipped. This silence was heavier, charged, the kind that made her pulse tick faster in her throat. Heads turned as she crossed the marble lobby, eyes following in discreet glances. The whispers came soft, hushed, but unmistakable.

She wasn’t stupid. She knew what they were saying.

She had sat beside Dominic Hale at the head of his empire yesterday. She had walked out of his private conference room with her lipstick smudged and her blouse buttoned wrong. In this building, where gossip traveled faster than oxygen, no one needed proof. Speculation was enough to stain.

Her heels struck sharper against the polished floor than she meant them to. Every step felt like defiance, though her stomach knotted tighter with each glance she caught. She forced her chin up, as if daring them to name what they suspected.

Her
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