LEO'S PERSISTENT PURSUIT OF JULIAN D'ARGENTO
Julian D’Argento was used to silence. His office was a sanctuary of efficiency, where distractions were unwelcome and emotions were carefully locked away. But ever since Leo Astor decided to openly pursue him, that silence had been broken.
The first time it happened, Julian barely looked up when his secretary entered his office, carrying an extravagant bouquet of deep red roses.
“Sir, these just arrived for you.”
Julian flicked his eyes toward the flowers and back to his computer screen. “From whom?”
The secretary hesitated. “Mr. Leo Astor, sir.”
Julian sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose before waving his hand dismissively. “Put them somewhere out of my sight.”
But the flowers kept coming. Every morning, a different arrangement, som
