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CHAPTER 44.

Author: Whyte child
last update publish date: 2026-07-06 23:04:24

The office begins to empty around me long before I notice.

One by one, conversations fade, chairs scrape softly against the polished floor as people pack their laptops into leather satchels and sling coats over their arms.

Someone wishes the department a good evening, another reminds everyone about Monday's presentation.

The familiar hum of company slowly quiets into something gentler.

I don't look up.

I'm halfway through cross-checking a series of environmental projections when anoth
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