Rowan Pov
I only asked to see her because her file kept showing up in front of me like someone wanted me to care about it, and I don’t like situations where things are pushed at me repeatedly without a reason I understand. It was supposed to be simple, just confirm what they were talking about, get it out of the way, move on. That’s all it was meant to be.
When she walked into the office, I wasn’t expecting anything memorable. I’ve seen hundreds of people come through that same door with files attached to their names, all of them labeled important in one way or another. But she didn’t behave like someone trying to prove anything. She just stood there quietly, like my presence didn’t shift anything in her world. No nervous adjustments, no fake confidence, no performance. Just stillness.
