Chapter 78 – The Confession He Never Planned
Lucian
The morning sunlight poured across the vast expanse of glass that walled my office, gilding everything it touched the polished desk, the half-empty coffee mug, the untouched files.
And yet, the chaos in my head drowned everything else.
For the first time in years, I wasn't thinking about profit margins or contracts. I was thinking about her.
Rina Hale.
The woman who had turned my perfectly structured world into something unpredictable and human.
She'd only been back in my life for a few weeks, and yet, it felt like she'd always been there in the laughter of my daughters, in the silence of my home, in the scent that lingered in every room.
She'd filled every empty space without even trying.
