She Writes Her Own Heartbeat
Suddenly, a sequence of sounds: a soft, electronic chime, the muffled whoosh of the secure garage door lifting, and the low, sharp exchange of voices.
I was on my feet instantly, my heart hammering against my ribs. I moved toward the entrance hall, ignoring the immediate, restraining presence of Marcus.
The inner door opened, and there he was.
Benjamin.
He looked like a man who had walked straight out of the battlefield. His suit was wrinkled, his face shadowed with stubble, and his eyes were bloodshot, not from exhaustion, but from the brutal intensity of the last seventy-two hours. He wasn't the CEO; he was the General, weary from war.
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