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The Fall out

Penulis: Belle
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-04-30 18:33:02

Regina's POV

Nicholas didn't call the next day.

Or the day after that.

And honestly? That silence was louder than any fight we could've had. It pressed in on me while I tried to work, while I answered emails, even while I smiled through meetings. My heart had already done the math: if he wasn't fighting for me, he was giving me up.

Let him.

I had bigger problems now.

Mary was back to her usual petty tricks. Someone "accidentally" CC'd me on a finance email chain—one I wasn't supposed to see—where Mary was asking Jenna to "double-check Regina's recent account adjustments, in case of errors."

Errors? Please. If there was one thing I didn't mess up, it was numbers. I printed the thread, added my correct calculations in red pen, and sent it right back—CC'ing the entire exec team for good measure.

She wanted to play?

I'd bought new gloves.

And they were off.

⸻

Jenna found me in the break room around noon, coffee in one hand, attitude in the other.

"Nice move," she said, sipping. "Mary's w
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