Interesting.
Very interesting.
Because outside the penthouse
Outside Kael's controlled world
Iren Vale looked completely different.
More relaxed.
More natural.
Less guarded.
Adrian found that… intriguing.
And intriguing things were worth studying.
And intriguing things were worth studying.
Iren had no idea he had just become the center of someone's curiosity.
From his desk, the office looked exactly the same as it always did rows of monitors glowing under bright ceiling lights, coworkers moving between departments, the low murmur of conversations drifting through the open floor.
Normal.
Predictable.
He liked predictable.
Iren leaned back slightly in his chair, scrolling through a report that had been sitting unfinished since morning. The numbers blurred together for a moment before he forced himself to focus again.
Across the room, Milo was arguing quietly with someone from marketing about deadlines.
Nothing unusual.
Still
