Chapter 1
Eliza Pov
"Hey, Eliza, stay back after the meeting wraps up," Mr Marcus said, his voice steady and deep as he leaned back in his chair at the head of the conference table.
The room was full of our team wrapping up the quarterly review, papers shuffling and laptops closing, but his eyes stayed on me longer than usual, dark and focused.
I was the new intern, fresh out of college at twenty two, and he was the CEO, he should be pushing fifty, with that salt and pepper hair and broad shoulders that filled out his suit.
We had talked a few times in the break room, him asking about my projects, me stumbling over answers because his presence always made my stomach tighten.
Today, though, his tone had an edge, like he had something specific in mind.
I nodded, my hands gripping m
