Her breath hitched, her chest rising and falling against mine, but she didn’t argue. She just stood there, trembling in my arms, and for the first time all night, she finally let herself be still.
Her brows knitted together, carving a deep frown across her beautiful face as she dropped her gaze to the floor. Her teeth sank into her bottom lip, chewing on it. “I know how these companies work,” she murmured. “If the public keeps demanding your head, they’ll fire you. It doesn’t matter how good you are, Alex. And I can’t—” her voice faltered, “I can’t have you losing everything because of me… because of Caleb.”
I exhaled slowly, then lifted my hand until it found her face, my palm curving around her jaw with steady pressure. My thumb stroked the soft line of her skin as I whispered, “Look a
