Ezra’s POV
I should have gone home two hours ago. That was what Robert told me at least three times while we sat in my office finishing paperwork that could easily have waited until Monday, but instead, I stayed partly because there was still work to do and mostly because I had not stopped thinking about Liora all day.
The rumors around the office had created enough tension already, and every conversation between us lately felt like we were standing on opposite sides of a wall neither of us knew how to climb. She thought I did not trust her. I know that now. I had seen it in her eyes during our conversation on the terrace. The realization bothered me more than I wanted to admit.
My phone suddenly rang, but I barely looked at the screen before answering. “Gina?”
Her voice came through i
