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Chapter 67: The Meeting That Decides Everything

Penulis: Ann Lottimore
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-11-01 07:00:58

Los Angeles looked too calm for what the morning was supposed to be.

The streets were washed in soft light, the kind that made glass shine and nerves hide. The city, always loud and restless, seemed to be holding its breath — as if even it knew that something was about to be decided.

Katherine stepped out of the car and smoothed the front of her blazer, though her hands were already cold. She caught her reflection in the glass doors of the Mason Equity building — hair pinned back neatly, shoulders straight, every inch of her composed. No one could tell she hadn’t really slept. No one but him.

The moment she entered the lobby, she felt it: the silence under the surface.

Phones still rang, shoes still clicked across the floor, but voices were lower than usual, glances shorter, movements tighter. People greeted her with polite nods, but every “good morning” carried the same hidden question — Did you hear? Did you see the email? Are we ready?

She didn’t answer any of it. She jus
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