SECOND SIN
Sometimes what we think we’ve lost forever isn’t truly gone—it’s just waiting in the shadows, lingering quietly until the moment it steps back into the light without warning. That was exactly what happened to Noah.
He stood frozen at the head of the conference room, confusion and something sharper twisting in his chest as his gaze locked on seat number thirteen. Nathan sat there, staring straight back at him with wide, stunned eyes—the same eyes Noah remembered from six years ago, the same quiet defiance buried under layers of fear. It felt impossible, like a hallucination conjured from too many sleepless nights spent wondering where Nathan had vanished to.