A Ten-Figure Tip

Kaelen didn’t look away. He locked his gaze on her, his eyes dark and unreadable, searching for something in the silence.

Lyra tried to hold it, but the intensity was too much; she looked down at her hands, her heart hammering a frantic rhythm against her ribs.

Leo’s voice cut through the heavy atmosphere like a sharp needle. “Ly, you’re blushing really hard.”

“I am not!” Lyra snapped, her voic