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Blind Loyalty

Penulis: Leelee
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-05-22 23:12:37

Layla's pov

I could feel something changing in the air. It wasn’t just the tension from Isabel’s attacks. It was something closer, something more personal. Damian had been quieter lately, more on edge. I noticed the way his eyes lingered on his phone longer than usual, how his fingers would drum the table in a restless rhythm. And then there was Alexander.

Alexander had been Damian’s right-hand man for years. Trusted. Loyal. A steady presence in the storm. But even I could tell something was off.

It started small. A few missed meetings. Damian mentioned how Alexander had been unreachable one morning when a key investor called unexpectedly. Then, there were the documents—contracts that were supposed to be signed and ready but somehow ended up lost or misplaced. Damian found one of them days later, shoved into the back of a filing cabinet.

At first, he brushed it off.

"He’s tired," Damian told me one night, rubbing his temples. "We’re all tired. Isabel’s playing games, and we’re scramb
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