The day was still fresh with the heat of late afternoon, but the coolness of Aiden’s home office offered a welcome contrast. The room, with its large windows letting in soft natural light, felt like a cocoon—distant from the buzz of the outside world.
Lily sat at her usual spot across from him, her attention divided between sorting through a stack of files and glancing at the man who sat at the desk before her. Aiden, calm and focused, was in the middle of going through a long list of emails. The slight furrow in his brow told her that whatever he was reading, it wasn’t the most pleasant news. But that was all she could tell—he kept everything so carefully contained.
A small sigh escaped her lips as she went through the papers in front of her. She had noticed how quiet it had been lately
