The folder felt heavy in my hands, but his gaze felt heavier. In the empire of Julian Vane, every word was a chess move, and I had just realized I was already in checkmate.
"Then do it," he challenged, his gaze dropping to my lips. "But remember, if I go down, I’m taking you with me. Because you’ve been lying to yourself about why you’re really in this office at midnight." El Rey De Las Mentiras Whitney G epub
"You’re late, Elara," he said, not looking up from his desk. The folder felt heavy in my hands, but his gaze felt heavier
Julian finally looked up, his eyes dark and unreadable. A slow, dangerous smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth. "In this city, Elara, truth is a commodity. And I happen to have a monopoly on it." "But remember, if I go down, I’m taking you with me
The office was cold, but the tension between us was blistering.
"I’m exactly on time," I countered, dropping a thick folder onto his mahogany desk. "And I have the proof. You didn’t acquire the Sterling holdings through a fair auction. You lied to the board."
"What are you going to do with that folder?" he whispered, his voice like velvet over gravel. "Expose you."