Chapter 1
Alex POV
The office lights were dimmed low when I decided to head back to grab my forgotten phone from the boardroom.
It was way past regular hours, the kind of late where the building felt empty and echoing, just the hum of the air conditioning breaking the silence.
I had been pulling another long shift, trying to prove myself as the new intern, always the last one out to show Elena I was serious about climbing up here.
She was the CEO, sharp as a knife, the woman who ran this place with an iron grip, and I admired that ruthlessness even if it scared me sometimes.
My heart was pounding a little from the rush of the day, sweat still clinging to my shirt from the stress of meetings.
I wiped my forehead with the back of my hand, feeling the dampness there, and pushed op
