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122: Watching

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(Robert POV)

Working under Mia was torture.

Not because she was incompetent. The opposite, actually. She was brilliant at running JR Investment. Made decisions faster than I ever had. Cut through bureaucracy that had bogged me down for years. Transformed the company in ways I'd been too cautious to attempt.

The torture was being close enough to see her but too distant to reach her.

"Mr. Lud, Miss Cops needs the Chen acquisition report by noon," her assistant would say.

Not Mia asking directly. Always through intermediaries. Always formal. Always distant.

I'd deliver the reports. She'd review them without comment. Send back notes through email. It was professional yet cold.

We'd been married. Shared a bed. Built a life together.

Now I was just another employee.

"The restructuring proposal needs your signature," Victoria said, dropping files on my desk.

My new office was smaller. Three floors down from the executive suite. Windows that faced another building instead of the city skyline
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