THE BEAUTIFUL CLEANER'S TALE

who worked as a cleaner in one

eemed invisible, as her routine was to come to work, cl

is way. Things remain uncomplicated. Keep to yourself. Don't attract any attention as that would only bring in

oyed singing, and whenever she noticed no one was around or looking, she would hide in the background using her mel

as well accustomed to maintaining a low p

ng to be like every other day. It was abo

mply didn't. The excitement was so intense that it seemed as if she was far away from the r

voice in her head

er eyes darted upward, and for a

he site like a blade. He was wearing a black suit, sharp as a knife, contrasting with the grime of the unfinishe

lion

y about Mr. Stallion Marc. The CEO of one of the most successful real estate empires in t

sity in his eyes, the way he studied her, as if

't done anything wrong, so why was she terrif

r attention back to the floor, pretending to focus on the task in front of

gh the air, low and steady but wi

for her but for someone else-anyone else. But she knew who

look up.

omfortably, casting a quick glance at her before

errupted, his voice sharp as glass. "I

rely even registered his presence until now, and now... now he was making

ing, but she fought the impulse to drop it. She couldn't l

footsteps coming closer

look up. Stay calm. Stay invisible.

t. She looked up, the movement slow, deli

ed on her with a force she had never experienc

ying a weight that made her blood run cold. He was all comman

to give in to the rising fear. She clenched her fis

e said, her voice quieter than

arely perceptible smirk. "No. It didn't

accusation – something that made her heart race faster, and not from fea

orcing herself to meet his eyes, though

is presence; it was something about him that made her feel like she was standing on the edge of something far more dangerou

omething a

," he muttered, more

ne more moment befo

sat down, fixed his right hand on his jaw and sa

in her chest. This wasn't just some passing interest. This wasn't

somethi

around her, Ava couldn't shake the feeling that her life h