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Eight

Author: Aurora
last update Last Updated: 2025-05-17 14:39:26

The office hours were almost over, but I still stayed in my room. Outside, the mall lights have started to go out one by one. The employees were preparing to go home, taking their tiredness to their respective homes. But me? I’m just starting to move.

I need an alliance. Quietly. Systematically. People who can help me stand tall if the storm really comes. Not just friends, but people who know how to survive in a world that is never completely white.

I opened a personal file labeled “RED PROJECT” on my laptop. In it, the names I’ve been looking at. Some I marked green, the rest yellow—need to be tested.

Among them, there was one who had caught my eye a long time ago: Vera Tanaya, head of the legal division.

Vera is not a friendly person. But she was efficient, precise, and… never liked Lucas. Back when I was a salesgirl, I once saw Vera slam down a stack of documents and said, “That man thinks the legal world can be bought as easily as a tie.”

She could be the first ally.

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