Chapter 155

ELORA'S POV I couldn't breathe. For a second, just a second, I genuinely wondered if I had finally reached the point of hallucinating from stress and sleep deprivation. Because there was no way, no way, the man standing in the doorway was real. Lucian Weston. In Hale's boardroom. In Paris. In a black suit that made him look more composed, more controlled, more devastating than I remembered. My heart stopped, my wolf froze, my entire body….betrayed me. Of all the people I expected to see today… investors, analysts, panicked board members…the last person on this planet I ever wanted to see again was him. But here he was; And he wasn’t looking at the board, or at the files, or at the strange room he stepped into. His eyes were locked on me. My stomach twisted so sharply I thought I might throw up. “Miss Parker,” Lucian said, voice controlled, deep and way too familiar. “As an investor, I'm here and willing to save the company if you'll have me.” My hands curled into a fist. My heartbeat p