He opened it.
The first page was technical and included valuation reports, zoning notes, legal terminology but then his eyes dropped lower.
Owner: Evelyn Carter
Alexander's breath stilled.
He flipped the page and there it was again, her name, clear and undeniable.
His jaw tightened slowly as he scanned further because what he saw wasn't casual or new or some recent curiosity.
The file was thick, too thick and it wasn't the file of a man casually buying land.
This was an obsession.
A strange, cold awareness crept up his spine.
Lucas had mentioned that Benjamin had been after a piece of land for years.
At the time, Alexander hadn't thought much of it.
But now, everything made sense.
Carters deciding to sell the land after a "good buyer" suddenly appeared and the land sitting here, on Benjamin Reid's desk wasn't a coincidence. It looked too calculated to be one
Just then the door closed softly behind him.
Alexander didn't hear it at first.
