Chapter 49
Zander
The silence in my office was almost deafening.
I stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows, my hands tucked into the pockets of my slacks as I looked out over downtown. The lights from the buildings across the street reflected against the glass, but my attention wasn’t on the skyline. It was on the cluster of news vans parked outside Preston Enterprises.
Even from twenty floors up, I could see reporters pacing the sidewalk, adjusting cameras, checking their phones, and waiting.
Waiting for me.
Or rather, waiting for the mysterious CEO who had spent years making sure no one knew what he looked like.
Someone had tipped them off.
The question wasn’t who they were looking for. The question was who wanted them here in the first place.
A soft knock broke the silen
