- LIAM
"So, I heard the Head of Art got his flowers brutally murdered yesterday."
I didn't look up from my tablet. "The flowers were a fire hazard. They blocked the sprinkler line."
Sebastian didn't say anything for a long three seconds. I could hear him leaning against the edge of my desk. When I finally looked up, he had his arms crossed and a grin on his face that made me want to strip him of his Beta rank on the spot.
"A fire hazard," Sebastian repeated with sarcasm. "Right. Sixty premium roses in a heavy glass vase. Total tinderbox. It had absolutely nothing to do with Thorne trying to scent-mark your new favorite tech support."
"He is not my favorite thing," I snapped, setting the tablet down with a hard clack. "He is an employee. And Thorne was wasting company time on the execu
