TWO COLD STEELS
n hadn'
loor, the city blurred into a monochrome haze, the drizzle sof
olded, gaze sharp. She was reading the latest security reports spread across th
nder
ed black suit, every inch of him precise, controlled-except those eyes. Steely gray, calcula
't here to b
nce like a blade. "I need full access to your logistics database. Not summaries
ted from his laptop,
to my systems without cause, C
ched. He was
ce lowering, steady but edg
company's shipments were compromised. Lives were lost. And if you think I'll waste my ti
smaller some
to his full height. He was tall, just enough to meet her
though he thrived in this very type of tension. "This is my company. My rules. So unless you have
a didn'
st tw
but they struck deeper t
elentless soldiers who had trusted her leader
table tightened, but she r
you I'm going to find the leak. Whether you coope
pa
he crack beneath her steel exterior. G
t stirred an unfamili
long the edge of his cufflink as if
of security will grant you access-limited acces
pting the compromise. It wasn
tension lingering like static in the air. B
pta
those cold, calcul
erous thing to los
d slightly, bu
he was
ehow, h
ither of them realized yet-was that the crack