The Game Begins
Liam looked up the moment the elevator doors slid open.
His eyes locked on Lisa’s.
For a second, the rest of the world faded.
The flashing headlines on the hotel’s lobby screens, the whispers of the guests checking in, the distant clicks of heels on marble—it all vanished.
There was only her.
Lisa.
His woman.
The woman he had risked everything for.
The woman he would risk more for if he had to.
Her eyes were sharper now.
Calm. Collected. But hiding something.
Liam noticed.
Of course he did.
Because Liam had spent years reading people. Closing deals. Outsmarting rivals.
And Lisa?
Lisa was not just his lover.
She was his partner in this ruthless world.
But tonight—tonight there was something in her gaze he could not ignore.
Something darker.
He reached for
