Refusing to Kneel

To Valerie's surprise, Darius was sitting at the front of the meeting room, his expression as stern as ever.

He was anything but thrilled at Valerie's unexpected appearance, and he wasn't going to hide it.

“Declan, why have you brought a woman along to such an important meeting? That's hardly appropriate, is it?”

As Darius's words lingered in the air, the tension in the room became so thick that o