Carter’s POV
When the phone rang, the sound didn’t just echo through the room — it cut through it.
Silence dropped over the office like a guillotine.
Sebastian froze mid-stride.
Michal’s hand hovered over the desk.
Abel’s jaw locked, eyes blazing.
And me?
I felt everything inside my chest… stop.
But the second I heard that voice — that low, satisfied breath dragging Aubree’s name across his tongue like it belonged there…
My world fractured.
He spoke like he knew her.
Like he owned something sacred.
Like he was inside our lives already.
And when he whispered—
“She looked beautiful when she slept.”
The floor vanished beneath me.
Abel roared, raw and animal, shoving the table back so hard it slammed into the wall.
Sebastian cursed under his breath, voice sharp with lethal pro
