CHAPTER 0233

GIDEON'S POV

The faint knock came from my door, steady but not urgent, the kind of knock that came when someone was hesitant to disturb me but had no choice. I didn’t even need to ask who it was for.

“Yes, come in,” I said without looking up, my thumb still scrolling lazily through my phone screen.

The door creaked open, and one of my staff stepped inside, a neatly dressed young man in a pressed s