Chapter 172

Valerie

I grip the edge of my desk, close to crying from the darkness that’s eating at my senses. I hate this! CEOs of Fortune 500 companies aren’t supposed to be afraid of the dark. Especially not ones named Valerie Kincaid.

“Shit,” I mutter in the darkness, but I sound more afraid than annoyed.

That is exactly how I feel.

A shadow shifts by the door—all six-foot-eight of my personal bodyguard ad