Chapter 12-Adrian
The boardroom wasn't quite.
Rai—my PA, stood at the front, pointer in hand, explaining something on the screen filled with designs, graphs and numbers.
“…and if we move the launch date by a week, the returns will increase by at least twelve percent,” he said confidently.
I leaned back in my chair, eyes fixed on the screen—though I wasn’t really seeing it.
The numbers blurred into shapes. The voices in the room became faint.
All I could see was her. Evelyn.
The way her body had fit perfectly against mine at the gala. The soft, tempting sound she made when she breathed my name.
I remembered the look in her eyes before Paul had cut in — startled, but not afraid. Not resisting.
I smiled faintly without realizing.
“Sir?” Rai’s voice cut through his thoughts. “Did yo
