Off Limits
The rich, clean scent of the rain outside was still clinging to my charcoal button-down shirt, mixing with the faint, suffocating trace of her jasmine skin that still lingered in the air of the kitchen.
"The data is accurate," I stated coldly. "The financial payload used to acquire the lease for your freelance studio and subsidize the operational costs of the proxy threat actor originated from a blind subsidiary account managed by our offshore logistics division."
A sharp, breathless sob escaped her throat, a sound of pure, unadulterated heartbreak that caused my internal cardiac monitor to register a localized spike. She let out a dry, disbelieving laugh, her head shaking violently as her d