Chapter 23 The Fire Between Us

• Mariana stormed into Diego’s office, her pulse racing, hands clenched at her sides. The weight of the mission, the lies, the warnings, they were suffocating her. She needed out. Needed to breathe. But the moment she locked eyes with Diego, the fury inside her twisted into something else, something more dangerous.
• “This place is toxic,” she snapped, voice trembling with emotion. “You’re toxic.”
• Diego, seated behind his massive desk, looked completely unfazed. He leaned back, his dark eyes steady on her, his fingers tapping idly against the mahogany surface.