Elijah stood at the edge of the office corridor, barely breathing. The soft hum of the air conditioning and the distant clatter of keyboards created a rhythm he had grown accustomed to. But tonight, everything felt sharper, more focused. His amber eyes—quiet, calculating—tracked Tina Sterling as she moved with her usual composed grace across the office floor. The way she commanded the room, the way she tilted her head slightly when speaking, and the way her icy blue eyes flickered across the documents—he noticed everything.
Most people only saw Tina Sterling, the heiress to the AOB Group, the young CEO with a sharp mind and a chaotic streak that sometimes slipped into the rare, unguarded moments. But Elijah saw… more. He always did. He saw the subtleties, the microexpressions, the tiny gestures that betrayed her emotions before she even realized them herself.
