บททั้งหมดของ THE HUMAN CEO AND HIS ROUGE ALPHA FEMALE : บทที่ 21 - บทที่ 30

Liora's POV The city glittered like a promise that couldn’t be kept.Glass towers cut the air. Horns and footsteps stitched the streets into a constant hum. Inside the top floor of Kent Enterprises everything ran on a quiet, precise clock — meetings, memos, moves. Jasper Hale’s office sat above it all, cool and ordered, a place where decisions were made and consequences measured.Today the office felt different to him.He sat at his desk with an unopened file beside his hand. The city sprawled below, but all he could see was a face he hadn’t expected to revisit so quickly — Liora Gray. Her features kept surfacing in his mind: the way rain had made her hair curl against her cheek, the tremor in her voice the night she left, the white heat behind her calm. He had watched her walk away and told himself it was for the best. He had convinced himself of many things.His phone buzzed, and he glanced down automatically. A message from Vanessa — short, precise.Vanessa: Press wants a statemen

Liora's POV The office was quiet after lunch.The only sound came from the steady hum of the air conditioner and the clicking of keyboards.Liora kept her eyes on her screen, pretending to focus on the report in front of her. But she could feel it — his gaze.Every now and then, through the glass wall, Jasper’s eyes would lift from his papers and rest on her. Not long. Just enough to make her heart skip.She tried not to look back.She failed.When their eyes met again, he spoke.“Miss Gray,” his voice came through the intercom, calm but firm. “In my office. Now.”Her stomach tightened.“Yes, sir.”She stood up quickly, smoothed her skirt, and walked toward his door.Every step felt heavier than the last.Inside, the room felt colder.Jasper stood near the window again, hands in his pockets, looking out at the skyline.He didn’t turn right away when she entered.“Close the door,” he said.She obeyed, the soft click echoing louder than it should have.“Sit,” he added.Liora sat quietl

Liora's POV Morning light crept through the blinds, bright and cold.Liora moved through her small apartment quietly, careful not to wake the children. She buttoned her white blouse with slow, tired fingers. Her mind wasn’t on the meeting — it was on the message from last night.Jasper’s words still echoed softly in her head.“Get some rest, Liora.”The way he’d said her name made her chest feel tight, like something fragile was waking up inside her.She sighed, tying her hair up neatly. “It’s just a normal day,” she told herself.But it didn’t feel normal.Jonathan stirred on the couch. “Mama?” he mumbled sleepily.She smiled faintly, kneeling beside him. “Sleep, baby. Mami will come watch you soon, okay?”He nodded, half-asleep. The little girl rolled over beside him, clutching the edge of the blanket.Liora brushed a strand of hair from her face and grabbed her bag.It was time to face the day — and Jasper.The office was unusually bright when she arrived.People moved around with

The office was almost empty when Liora stepped out.The hall lights were dim, casting long shadows on the polished floor. Her heels clicked softly as she walked toward the elevator, clutching her bag to her side.The echo of Jasper’s words still lingered in her mind. “Don’t let it break you.”She sighed quietly as she stepped into the elevator.It felt strange hearing something like that from him. Jasper was always the strict type — calm, confident, impossible to read. But tonight, he sounded... human.The elevator doors closed, and for the first time that day, she let herself lean against the wall.Her head ached. Her eyes burned from staring at her screen too long. She hadn’t even eaten since lunch.When the doors opened, cool air rushed in from the lobby.The security guard by the exit nodded. “Goodnight, Miss Gray.”“Goodnight,” she said with a small smile.Outside, the night was calm. The city lights blinked against the dark sky, and cars moved lazily through the street. She pul

Morning came slowly, stretching itself across the skyline of the city. The light filtered through the glass walls of the tall building, painting faint gold lines across Jasper’s office. The air smelled faintly of paper, ink, and coffee — everything he usually loved about a quiet start. But today, it all felt heavier.Jasper sat behind his desk, staring at his computer screen, though the words on it refused to form sentences. His eyes traced the same line three times before he sighed and leaned back in his chair. His tie was loosened, his sleeves rolled up, but even the comfort of that couldn’t ease the quiet storm brewing in his head.He hadn’t meant to call her.Not last night.Not after hours.But when he saw her name pop up on his task list earlier that evening, something in him reacted before logic did.Liora.Her name still lingered on his tongue like an unspoken thought.He rubbed his temple and tried to focus on the project reports stacked on his desk. Everything around him scr