ROMAN
I should've been in my office.
I should've been buried in back-to-back calls, reviewing contracts, closing deals that actually mattered.
I should've been the version of myself everyone depended on…focused, untouchable, in control.
But I wasn't.
I was sitting at my desk, staring at the same set of numbers for the last hour, not seeing a damn thing.
Eve.
That was all my mind wanted to touch.
All my thoughts circled back to her, the wrong girl, the complication I didn't ask for, the temptation I swore I'd avoid.
I dragged a hand down my face and slammed my phone onto the desk harder than I meant to. The sharp sound echoed off the walls, but I didn't care.
"Move all my meetings," I said flatly, my tone leaving no room for negotiation.
Jerome paused in t
