Elena's POV

"Miss Sterling, do you have a moment?"

I stopped mid-step in the lobby, my hand already hovering near the elevator button.

It was early Monday morning. The building was already alive, employees crossing marble floors, phones ringing at reception, low conversations blending into the usual corporate rhythm.

I was dressed for work, composed, moving with the same confidence I always carried.

But my mind wasn’t there.

It kept circling back to the weekend. Caleb’s voice on that ...