Eleanor watched him, silent.
Some part of her genuinely wondered if that was his honest read on her some mercenary opportunist with no real skills of her own.
Julian's expression stayed unreadable, flat as still water. No telling if her resignation had actually bothered him.
"Planning to go work for your sugar daddy's company once you're out?"
Eleanor blinked, caught off guard. "Who exactly is my sugar daddy?"
Julian just smiled, silent the kind of smile that said you already know.
Which meant she had no clean way to defend herself against something she couldn't even name.
The suite opened onto a wide glass sliding door leading to a private hot spring pool, screened off with bamboo for privacy.
Julian yanked his tie loose and slid the door open. Crickets swelled into clarity outsid
