The office always changed after work hours. During the day, StoneTech Solutions was alive with voices, heels striking across polished marble floors, phones ringing, and printers humming. But once the clock struck six, silence fell like a shroud.
The long corridors grew still, lit only by strips of soft golden light. The building seemed to breathe slower, its energy reserved for the few who remained. Raymond was one of them.
He stood tucked in the corner of the hallway, pretending to check his phone though his eyes were fixed on the glass doors at the far end leading to Jake's office.
When he caught sight of Isabella Howell stepping out of the elevator, laughter spilling from her lips as Chloe walked beside her, his chest tightened in a way that betrayed him.
