[Carter Enterprise]
The Carter Enterprise lobby moved at its usual brisk pace with phones ringing, conversations overlapping and the low hum of business filling the air.
But that was until the doors opened and Alexander Reid walked in.
It wasn't loud and there was no announcement but something shifted all the same.
A few heads turned followed by a few more. Whispers rippled softly, curiosity and recognition started spreading like a quiet current.
But Alexander barely noticed because his attention was already fixed on the elevator doors just opening across the lobby.
Evelyn stepped out.
She was mid-conversation with an assistant, file tucked under her arm and her expression focused until she looked up and froze.
And for a heartbeat, everything else faded.
"Alexander—" she said, disbelief and relief tangling in her voice.
She didn't realize she was already moving until she was standing in front of him.
