Damian's POV
Emails stacked endlessly on his phone's screen, contracts waited for his signature, and Reed had left a stack of files demanding his review. Work should have consumed him, it usually did. But today, like every day for the past week, his mind refused to stay in line.
It drifted. Always back to her.
Evelyn Carter.
The name came unbidden, unsettling.
He leaned back in his chair, tugging at his tie as though the fabric had grown too tight. He should have been focusing on expansion plans in Europe, or the shareholders breathing down his neck, or his father’s constant questions demanding updates. But Evelyn’s face kept intruding, her soft brown eyes flashing with defiance, the way she tucked her hair nervously behind her ear, the obvious strength in her posture even when she wa
