The silence of her office stretched long after Davian left, yet Grace's mind was anything but quiet.
She stood by the floor-to-ceiling window and stared out at the city skyline. Her fingers were curled into fists at her sides. The idea of being manipulated, forced into anything, made her blood boil.
Her first instinct was to eliminate the problem - killing Davian King Parker.
It was logical. Clean. A bullet between his eyes, a car accident, poison in his drink - she had countless ways to make him disappear. And yet, as she entertained the thought, her sharp mind dissected the reality of it.
Davian wasn't just any businessman.
He was the most powerful businessman on the continent who controlled a vast empire of wealth and influence. Taking him down wouldn't be simple. On top of that, he was an ex-military man. A man who had spent years leading high-risk missions, surviving dangerous situations, and outmaneuvering threats much deadlier than her.
