Chapter 209
- ROWEN
- The conference room emptied one executive at a time, all of them barely hiding the exhaustion etched on their faces. I remained seated, watching the last man tug at his tie as he stepped out. The moment the doors closed, silence hugged the room like a noose. I liked it this way.
- James appeared seconds later, his tablet tucked under his arm, phone in hand, brows pinched.