~Zoe's POV~
The office lights buzzed faintly overhead, like they were as tired as I was.
It was well past midnight in the heart of downtown Atlanta, the city sprawling out below us in a sea of twinkling lights and distant traffic hum. Our firm, Apex Architectural, was gunning for the deal of the century....a multi-billion dollar redevelopment project for the waterfront that could put us on the map or sink us against the competition.
Every slide, every financial projection, every damn render had to be perfect.
That's why I, Zoe Harlan, was burning the midnight oil with my boss, Elias Grant, the only two souls left in the entire building.
I'd been his assistant for three years now, ever since I graduated and clawed my way into this high-stakes world. Elias was the kind of guy who com
