C16 The Lawyer Who Owes Her

The legal floor of Han Tower was hushed and overlit—rows of glass-walled offices full of expensive silence and nervous ambition.

Rachel didn’t knock.

She walked straight into Office 31-B, where a man named Simon Kwon was already halfway to standing when he saw her.

He adjusted his tie. Tried to smile. Failed.

“Vice Chair Han—this is unexpected.”

“Sit down, Simon.”

He did