The aftermath of the sabotage should have left me relieved. Instead, it left me restless.
I told myself it was because of how easily Mark Simmons had tried to ruin me. That if I hadn't caught the mistake in time, my entire career could have been jeopardized. It was crazy what he did.
But deep down, I knew that wasn’t it.
It was Alex. His protectiveness.
The way he had shut down Mark’s scheme like it was nothing… like the mere idea of someone coming after me was an insult to him personally.
It made no sense that I would feel this way.
And yet, every time I replayed his words in my mind—No one sabotages you under my watch and gets away with it—I felt something unsettling. I felt my body tensing and relaxing as if I was in a state of shock.
Everything that involved me and Alex was l
