Radien’s POV My pen scratched across the last page of the report, and I exhaled slowly. My entire desk looked like someone dumped a whole forest’s worth of paper on it. I shoved one stack aside and reached for another, flipping it open without even reading the title. Every department wanted something signed. Every branch wanted updates. Every division wanted approval. This was the price of making sure the wedding didn’t hit a single bump. I leaned back in my chair for a moment, closing my eyes. A soft knock sounded on the door. “Come in,” I said. My secretary walked in with her usual stiff posture. “Alpha, you have a meeting scheduled with Steelcrest Manufacturing at four. They requested a slight extension to—” “I’ll be there,” I cut in. “Just move whatever was after them to tomorr

