The Ceo's Secret Guard

h Capital Group was a cathedral of power, all gleaming steel, panora

ght the light in sharp angles, his cufflinks glinting like quiet threats. Around him, board members shifted

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take notes. At least, th

forward when profits were discussed, who avoided eye contact when Damian's gaze swept the table. Corporate politi

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me where I sat. "Rerun the projections from

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tter. We knew better, we knew what the look meant, It was his own way of confirming I was still here, in

ne with a clipped, "We're done here." Chairs scraped back as murmured goodbyes fille

anding by the floor-to-ceiling

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so unstable whenever he

ek. Both had ironclad agreements. And someone's been digging in

in the field. For me danger wasn't always a shout, it wasn't al

ny idea who

dryly. "But I don'

f the city seeping in from beyo

f-smile that wasn't

even knew what a smile mea

is gaze. "You just have to be w

, or dare I say...trust?But it was gone within the twin

he said, turning

se I was taking orders, but because

mirrored doors betrayed me, eyes alert, shoulders tense, ha

s wai

ctly across the street...it wasn't moving n

to the coffee shop on the corner, ordered something I didn't plan to drink, and t

back toward my build

when I stepped inside.

ade of a mid-level executive assistant's life. Minimal furnit

And I knew for a fact the s

ped off my heels, my steps silent as I moved through

m... no

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