Chapter 22: Pressure PointsPOV: JulianJulian had convinced himself he could manage it.He’d survived worse temptations in his life—old habits, bad vices, toxic people. He’d learned the art of control so thoroughly that it had become his armor, his identity.But Jamie Reyes was not a temptation. He was a slow collapse. Every time Julian told himself to keep distance, Jamie smiled at someone in the office, or left coffee rings on his desk, or laughed too loudly at something Avery said—and Julian’s resolve cracked another inch.By Wednesday, it was dust.It started with the conference room.The Franklin team had left notes scattered across the table, mockups pinned to corkboards, the remnants of a late-night brainstorm. Julian came in early to review the boards. Jamie slipped in a few minutes later, laptop tucked under one arm, coffee in the other, and froze when he realized the room wasn’t empty.“Sorry,” Jamie muttered, hovering at the door. “Didn’t know you were in here.”Julian’s t
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