Aiden's POVThe door clicked shut behind her.I stood there for a second, staring at the space she had just vacated, my pulse still doing something it had no business doing.Jayden exhaled beside me. Neither of us moved."What," I said slowly, "was that?"Jayden turned to look at me. He opened his mouth, closed it again, then shook his head. "I genuinely have no idea.""You have no idea." I repeated it flatly. "Your wolf almost dragged you across a boardroom table and you have no idea.""I didn't say I was proud of it."I pulled at my collar and looked away. The room still carried her scent. Something warm, something faintly floral, something that my wolf had decided within thirty seconds of her walking in that it wanted to chase. I moved toward the window just to put distance between myself and the chair she had been sitting in."I told you," I said. "I told you before we even walked in here that this was a bad idea.""You said, and I quote, 'it will be fine, she is a professional a
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