Rowan’s POV

34 Minutes Before Rachel’s Kidnapping

The office was silent as I slipped into Rachel’s workspace. Chandler Enterprises was closed for the day, and most of the staff had already left. My heart pounded in my chest as I approached Rachel’s desk, my eyes scanning the room for the documents I intended to make disappear. It was childish, I knew, but after what she’d done—hiring Sia behind my back—my pride had taken a hit.

I needed to send a message. Sia didn’t belong here, and if I could make her look incompetent—if some critical documents went missing under her watch—it would make it easier to have her thrown out....