Once Rejected Twice desired
The rain returned just after noon, tapping against the heavy, bulletproof glass windows of Noah’s private penthouse suite. Inside, the lights were turned off, leaving the vast room in a quiet, dark gray shadow. The only real illumination came from a wide semi-circle of three flat-screen computer monitors sitting on a heavy black glass desk. Noah sat in the center of that glow, his face painted in the pale blue light of scrolling databases. He looked completely calm, his posture upright and relaxed, while his long fingers hovered steadily over a slim, back-lit keyboard.