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Chapter 92

Author: Dor-Dor
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-18 17:01:20

Ethan’s POV

The city's buzz beyond the penthouse glass was a faint whisper. Grayson Holdings’ main tower rose majestically in the skyline, but this evening, it wasn’t the firm's growth or executive conflicts that occupied my thoughts—it was her.

Leena.

I had observed her numerous times—her gentle features illuminated by the warm glow of office lights, the firm yet compassionate manner in which she managed everything from business choices to unforeseen disorder. However, a change had occurred in the past few days. It wasn’t solely the intimacy of our shared secrets or the warmth of her hand resting on mine during strategy sessions—it was the quiet between our conversations, the way she gazed at me as if she penetrated the fortress I had constructed over a lifetime.

And I hoped she would.

This evening, following weeks of cautious separation and professional boundaries neither of us would breach, the atmosphere between us finally broke—delicate like spun sugar, sharp like glass. And I ha
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