THE GAY CEO - MULTIVERSE (JAMES AND FAYE)
CHAPTER 3
Morning sunlight filtered through stained-glass windows, painting the Library’s dusty shelves in soft hues of blue and gold. It should have felt peaceful—but in the hush between the stacks, tension pulsed like a hidden heartbeat. Faye roamed the reading room, fingertips brushing spines of books she once trusted James to guard.
At a carved oak table by the window sat James, head bowed over a ledger. His posture was heavy with atonement, every movement deliberate and slow. Faye paused, breath trembling in her chest as sunlight caught the tear rimmed under her eye.
James set aside his pen, voice quiet. “I’ve cataloged everything taken and sent word to undo what harm I did.”
Faye stared at him—skeptical. “You destroyed every copy?” Her v
