The sound echoed louder than it should. No one moved. Darian didn't either. He didn't turn away.He sat very still behind his desk, and he looked at her, his eyes were darker than before. The expression on his face was something else entirely.And Isla stood there, breathing, hand still raised slightly, with the sudden acute awareness that she was in very, very deep trouble."Everyone out," he whispered, voice low and commanding, and somehow everyone in the floor heard him.Yet chairs scraped almost immediately, footsteps rushed, and within seconds, the entire floor emptied. Only then did he touch his cheeks.The air crackled between them, thick with unspoken words and tension that had been building ever since she first set foot in the office. Isla's heart raced as she locked eyes with him, the billionaire CEO who had made her life a living hell. She hated him. She had spent countless hours in meetings, rolli
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