The afternoon sun spilled through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Adrian's office, casting long shadows across the polished floor. From the twenty-eighth floor of Cross Entertainment's headquarters, most of the city stretched beneath him like a living map, but Adrian had barely glanced outside all day. His attention remained fixed on the reports scattered across his desk, though even those had become increasingly difficult to focus on.
The past few days had been unusually chaotic. Between the engagement announcement, the media response, and the constant meetings with investors, his schedule had become more exhausting than normal. Under ordinary circumstances, he would have welcomed the distraction. Today, however, something felt different.
