Behind Locked Doors

Sometimes like my mouth, my knees should be kept shut.
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Smooth ebony skin wrapped around high cheek bones and stern set lips that hid a pearly white smile. He was so serious about Hyraef's ecological approach. He policed pollution and recycling was his religion. Ryland Ryker had wrestled his way to becoming the CEO of Eco Empire. Ryker  revolutionized the way Hyraef handled its waste disposal, water contamination, and got rid of the ever present smog. He had been revered in scientific journals all over the world and his name would be remembered as the man who fixed the unfixable. And yet after all he had acquired through perseverance, Ryland Ryker still has nothing. Or anything that was of value to him.

Through careful observation and behind several locked doors, I learned all of Ryker's secrets. The ones I was supposed to discover as an intern and the ones that are revealed to a lover. But I don't think 'love' is the right word.