A LOVE UNTAMED

e time the minute hand aligned, Liana's heart was already a drumbeat in her ears.

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ce, a part of Titan Media she had glimpsed from. The corridor itself felt diffe

Mr. Pierce's office doo

s To

His suit was tailored to perfection, his dark hair slicked back, his eyes sharp but oddly warm. Almost as handsome as the man she'd collided with the o

tiously as lines app

ile. "Mr. Pierce requested y

right-here" She gestured to the familiar

atters of importance, meetings are some

gentle but unyielding-left no room for debate.

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re the air smelled faintly of expensive cologne and leathe

h more than her entire year's salary. Soft recessed lighting illum

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s as une

ntirely: tall, double-panel doors crafted from rich mahogany, with intricate carvings that whispered o

office entrance. I

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pulse hammered in her thro

interrupted smo

oor for her wit

ith her eyes bulging out i

desk, offering a sweeping view of the city skyline bathed in afternoon sun. The air carried the faint, i

desk, one hand lazily

n Bla

e had coll

d lingered on her wit

ence alone seemed

urely, she had walke

"I... I'm sorry, I must have the wrong

red, sharp as glass yet smoldering with something she couldn't name. A slow curve

e," he said, his voice smooth

red. "But... I w

r, leaning back in his chair. "He did. But what he fail

tunned. "Here?

with deliberate precision and laced his fin

oken tension. Liana's mind raced, but her body woul

her voice. "I...

r with an intensity that made her s

the chair opp

uch to discuss. Which I guar