Chapter 111

  KAELON'S POV     I had barely typed two lines of my proposal update before the ping of a message lit up my screen. My eyes skimmed the words once, then again, as if the letters might change if I stared long enough.   "Sir, Miss Bennet is on her way to the Corporation."   I cursed under my breath, pushing my chair back with a screech. Of all the moments she could have picked, this was by far the worst. The press was still prowling, hungry like wolves, and if they caught even a glimpse of her...   "Goddamn it, Liv."   I grabbed my coat and shoved my phone into my pocket, muttering instructions to my assistant not to let anyone into my office and to keep the lower floors calm.   With any luck, the vultures would be too busy debriefing in the conference room to notice her arrival.   As I stepped out into the hallway, the tail-end of the reporters was moving like a slow swarm toward the elevators. I exhaled in relief, knowing she hadn’t yet been caught in the crossfire. But as fate would