The office was quiet again,well, as quiet as it could be with my pulse still thundering from… everything. From Alex leaning on me. From Aiden walking in at the worst possible moment. From the way Alex had whispered my name like it meant something.
Alex had moved to the window, arms crossed, trying to act composed. But I saw the tension in his shoulders. The exhaustion. The vulnerability he rarely let slip.
My phone buzzed.
Logan.
Of course. Perfect timing.
I stepped a little away but kept Alex in my peripheral vision. “I need to take this,” I murmured.
Alex nodded without turning around. “Go ahead.”
I answered. “Logan.”
“Ethan.” Logan’s voice was sharp, clipped. “Care to explain why my phone was blowing up with news about a CEO kidnapping? And why I had to find out from outside sou
