C32 Chapter Thirty-Two: A Suitor's Game

CILY'S POV

I entered the room, and for one single instant, the world around me ceased to exist.

He was all that existed—Alexander. His presence in that room was surrounded by quiet intensity, like a predator sizing up his prey, and I could feel the weight of his gaze settle on me like a physical force.

"Miss James," he said smoothly, rising from the leather chair opposite my father's desk