Nathan’s POV
The sound of my name kept gnawing at my ears like a mosquito I couldn't kill. I clenched my jaw and tried to focus on the email I wasn’t reading, the document I wasn’t editing, and the reality I didn’t want to face.
My hands were still on the keyboard, but I hadn't typed a single damn word in the last hour. Everything I did was on autopilot now.
“Mr. Ashbourne?” Kimberly’s voice was tentative, soft like she was afraid I’d shatter just from hearing it.
She's a young wolf. Isabelle told me it would be good to have an assistant who knows what's happening.
I lifted my gaze from the screen and pinned her with a stare cold enough to freeze the marrow in her bones.
“Kimberly,” I said slowly, deliberately. “Unless someone died or the company’s on fire, get out.”
She blinked r
