The storm rolled in slowly, like a predator stalking its prey. Dark clouds loomed overhead as the city below seemed to hold its breath. Inside the penthouse, the atmosphere was no different. Tension gripped the walls, suffocating, with every passing second heavier than the last.
Adrian Costa sat at the desk, fingers tracing the edge of a whiskey glass, his gaze far away. Valentina, across from him, was silent, watching him as if she too could sense the change in the air. They hadn’t spoken much in the last hour. both caught in their own thoughts, neither sure how to bridge the widening gap between them.
Everything was different now.
A knock at the door shattered the fragile silence.
“Come in.”
The door swung open to reveal Marco, one of Adrian’s most trusted men. He was breathless, hi
