The Billionaire's Sunshine
But Gracian simply waved it off, a faint smile at his lips.
“I don’t scold for the sake of appearances,” he continued, standing beside me now as the elevator doors opened with a soft chime. “Discipline is not bark and bite, Mr. Roosevelt. Discipline is precision, respect, and understanding. Today, I haven’t even begun my lesson. So—” he stepped in, gesturing for me to follow, “your lateness, if we can even call it that, is forgiven.”
Relief hit harder than I wanted to admit. I nodded, stepping into the elevator with him, the air inside sharper, cooler, like it knew how much was at stake.
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