Caesar's POV

The silence in the Lush office was broken only by the rhythmic hum of the air conditioner, but inside my head, the noise was deafening. I stared at the stack of documents on my desk without reading a single line.

"Explain to me again why you're here instead of with your fiancée?" August's voice cut through the room, carrying the kind of irritating authority a younger brother had no business thinking he was entitled to use.

"I had some paperwork to take care of, August. I'm alr