C23 Chapter 23: The Breaking Point

The air between them was thick, charged with an unspoken tension that neither of them could ignore any longer. Ethan’s words lingered in the quiet of the penthouse: “I’ll wait. As long as it takes, Olivia. Because you’re worth it.”

Olivia stood from her chair abruptly, needing to create distance, to think, to breathe. But as she moved toward the floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the city