Chapter 28 Secrets Beneath The Surface

• The city pulsed below, a shimmering canvas of lights stretching far into the horizon. Mariana stood at Diego’s office window, her arms crossed tightly against her chest, her reflection a fragmented ghost against the glass. The night was quiet, yet inside her, a storm raged. She hadn’t heard him enter, but she felt his presence before he spoke.
• Diego whispered, his voice low and tinged with something unintelligible, "I don't know what's more dangerous." "The adversaries that I can see or those that I cannot."
• Mariana's fingers twitched a bit. His tone was about her, not simply the outside threats to Montero Global. His intuition was as keen as ever as he sought answers. There was a long, heavy stillness between them.