Aiden sat at his desk, but he couldn’t focus on the files in front of him.

He had read the same sentence three times without understanding any of it. The ticking clock on the wall sounded louder than usual. He rolled his pen between his fingers until it fell onto the table.

He stood up, walked to the window, looked outside, then turned and sat down again.

Then he stood up once more.

Across from him, Gavin was lounging on the leather couch, watching him with an amused ...