Power Couple The boardroom on the 77th floor of Blackwell Tower hummed with tension, the kind that precedes a kill. Ava Blackwell, yes, she'd taken his name and it still sent a thrill through her every time she signed it stood at the head of the long glass table, her laser pointer dancing across the projected slide like a weapon. Across from her, Lucian leaned against the wall, arms crossed over his broad chest, eyes fixed on her with that predatory gleam she knew all too well. The deal on the table was massive $2.3 billion merger with a European logistics giant, one that would solidify Blackwell Enterprises as the unchallenged king of global supply chains. The opposing team's lawyers fidgeted in their seats, ties too tight, brows furrowed over the latest counteroffer Ava had just disman

