Chapter 26 The Dangerous Quiet

• Ryan POV
• The thirty-first floor was completely dark, save for the single lamp glowing on the corner of Nathan’s desk.
• I stood near the heavy glass windows of his private office, my hands tucked into the pockets of my black uniform trousers. Outside, the city streets were glistening from the afternoon downpour, the headlights of the cars below looking like tiny, glowing amber beads moving through the financial district. The intense, suffocating noise of the morning boardroom battle had vanished into the quiet air of the night, leaving behind a silence that felt heavy and electric.