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Chapter 20: Veronica’s POV

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The air went dead. I didn't breathe. I just stood there, staring at Leonard's face, not the screen he had snatched away.

Terminated. Canceled.

The words weren't a threat anymore; they were a fact. A cold, heavy stone dropping into my chest. He wasn't trying to save my future; he was trying to hide the fact that Mason had already stolen it.

I looked at Leonard. His eyes were wide, wet with a fear that wasn't for his company, but for me. The powerful mask was gone. He looked guilty. He looked like a liar.

"The roles," I whispered again, my voice thin, like air escaping a balloon. "He didn't postpone them. He took them. And you knew."

He shook his head once, hard, a desperate plea. "I didn't know he struck there, Veronica. I knew he was fighting the company, but not that he had won the studio this morning. I swear. I was trying to buy time to fix it before you found out."

"Time?" I took a slow step back. The coldness was spreading from my chest to my limbs. "You bought time by taking my
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