Sleepless

ALEX

I was sitting in my office and trying to focus my eyes on the screen. My current struggle had nothing to do with Ravenford Corporation. I was tracing the old metro plans, hoping to find that one place we had missed.

“You shouldn't stay here all night again.” Grayson sighed before grabbing a chair and sitting in front of my desk. “Staring at those plans won't bring her back.”

“She is not dead, Grayson,” I hissed.

“You don't know that,” he argued but raised his hands in surrender as soon as he met my glare.

“I know that because we haven't found her body.” Anger raised the volume of my voice, but that only made Grayson look at me with more pity.

“If you're convinced that she's not dead, then why not call off the search inside the tunnels?” His brows rose. “It has been more than a week now. Even if she survived the fall, she must have been injured and lying there alone—”

“Shut. The fuck. Up.” The knuckles in my fisted hands bleached.

“I don't want to see you torture yourself,” he sai