Almost instantly, a voice cut through the tension.
“Hello, Boss…?”
Their locked gazes lingered for a brief moment longer… charged, wary, unreadable.
The voice cut through the silence again, more insistent this time.
“Hello, Boss? Sir… are you there?”
Rowan finally lowered his gaze.
Only then did he realize the sound wasn’t coming from behind them but from the phone resting loosely in his hand.
He hadn’t even noticed when he’d answered Cedric’s call.
Cathie instinctively followed his movement, her eyes darting to the phone with a slight crease forming between her brows. Confusion flickered across her face, but she held her tongue for now.
Rowan released a quiet breath. Then, as if nothing were wrong, he raised his head and gave her a small, almost careless smile.
“Don’t get the wr
