The door clicked shut behind us.
Silence followed.
Heavy. Intimate. Dangerous.
Adrian loosened his tie as he walked further into the bedroom, every movement controlled, deliberate. The master suite was dimly lit, the city skyline glowing beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows. From up here, the world looked small.
Manageable.
Unlike us.
I stayed near the door, fingers tightening around my clutch. “You could have warned me,” I said quietly.
“About what?” His voice was calm.
“About the board members asking when we plan to ‘start a family.’”
He removed his cufflinks, setting them on the dresser with precision. “You handled it well.”
“That wasn’t the point.”
He finally turned to face me. His gaze swept over my expression, sharp and assessing.
“The point,” he said, “is that they believ
