Marco POV I'm sitting behind my desk, pretending to read reports, but my thoughts are a raging storm. What Levi, Kyra's father has asked me to do keeps circling around in my head. I can't concentrate on account of the imperative of the request. He made it sound like a business transaction, which it is. Like cutting ties with the woman who has been my lover and friend is as simple as tearing a sheet of paper. Kyra’s voice breaks through my thoughts. “You’re up early,” she says, standing by the doorway with a cup of tea in her hand. Her hair is still tousled from sleep, and she’s wearing one of my shirts. “You didn’t even say good morning.” I look at her and force a smile. “Good morning.” She walks in, sets the tea on my desk, and leans on the corner of it. “Have you called my fath

