He Weighed Love for Wealth

Synopsis

The glow of my laptop screen cast harsh shadows across the scattered presentation notes covering my desk. Three months of research, countless late nights, and every ounce of professional ambition I possessed had been poured into this proposal for the Seattle headquarters position. My fingers moved mechanically across the keyboard, refining the final slides, but my mind kept drifting to the muffled voice drifting from Tyler's study across the hall. I paused, listening. The tone was different tonight—hushed, almost secretive. Not the confident cadence he used for client calls or the casual banter of conversations with friends. This was something else entirely. "She's definitely more stable financially," Tyler's voice carried through the thin