Nathaniel’s POVI wasn’t a man easily swayed by temptation. Discipline had been ingrained in me since childhood, work hard, stay focused, and never let emotions cloud your judgment. That was how I built my success, how I earned my father’s approval, and how I maintained control over every aspect of my life. So why was it that, for the first time in years, I felt that control slipping? Her name was Lillian Carter. She worked in the finance department, buried in numbers and reports, efficient and professional. I had barely noticed her before, not because she wasn’t noticeable, but because I never allowed myself to notice. But today was different. Today, I walked into the office, expecting just another ordinary morning of back-to-back meetings, mind-numbing negotiations, and my usual routine of drowning in work. Instead, my eyes found her. She wasn’t even doing anything spectacular, just standing near the break room, laughing at something a colleague had said, her eyes brigh
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