The clock on Dylan’s office wall read 11:47 P.M.The mansion had fallen completely silent. Only the occasional patter of rain against the tall windows broke the quiet.Praise stood near the large mahogany desk, carefully organizing the final stack of documents. His fingers moved with practiced precision, but his mind was elsewhere.Dylan had been working for hours without pause. His jacket lay discarded over the back of his chair, with the sleeves of his black shirt rolled up to his elbows, revealing his strong, veined forearms. Even exhausted, Dylan Loperse radiated power, quiet, controlled, and impossible to ignore.Praise had spent the last three hours trying not to stare at him. Yet he kept failing miserably.“You’re staring,” Dylan said, his eyes still fixed on the contract in front of him.“I wasn’t,” Praise calmly replied.Dylan’s pen stopped moving, slowly he lifted his gaze. Those cold gray eyes locked onto him with unnerving intensity. “You were.”“Perhaps you should focus o
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