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Chapter 182
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Liam left before dawn, dressed formally instead of the usual quick suit he threw on for office days, and I recognized the difference immediately for what it was, a man preparing for a fight rather than a normal Tuesday morning."You could sit in on this one," I said, watching him fix his cufflinks in front of the mirror, his movements more deliberate than usual."Not this time," he said. "Emergency board sessions are closed. Even to me, technically, until they call me in to answer questions directly. I'll be waiting outside the room like everyone else, which is its own particular kind of unpleasant.""That sounds miserable.""It is," he admitted, finally meeting my eyes in the mirror. "I've spent years running that room. Today I get to sit in a hallway and wait for permission to speak in my own defense.""I'll be here," I said. "Whenever you're done.""I know," he said, something in his voice softening briefly before the mask of the morning settled back over him. "That actually helps
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Patricia was already in Liam's office by the time we arrived, three laptops open across the conference table, her usual composure fighting to hold together over something clearly worse than a few unflattering headlines splashed across the business section."Close the door," she said, not looking up from the screen in front of her.Liam did, and I took the seat beside him, bracing myself for whatever came next, my coffee from that morning suddenly feeling like it belonged to a different, easier version of this same day."It's not just the articles," Patricia said, finally looking up at both of us. "That was bad enough on its own, genuinely bad, but I've got worse waiting for you now.""How much worse," Liam asked, his voice already careful in the way that meant he was preparing himself for something specific."The Meridian negotiation," Patricia said. "The one you've been working for months now, the acquisition terms that were supposed to stay locked down until the signing next week, n
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I woke slowly, sunlight cutting through the gap in the curtains, the warmth of the previous night still sitting somewhere in my chest before I'd even fully opened my eyes, before reality had a chance to catch up with me.Liam was already awake beside me, propped on one elbow, watching me with an expression I hadn't seen on him before, something unguarded and quiet, like he was still absorbing what had happened on that balcony as much as I was, turning it over carefully in his mind the way he turned over everything that mattered."Good morning," he said."Is it still true," I asked, my voice rough with sleep, "or did I dream the whole thing?""Which part," Liam asked, smiling in a way I rarely saw from him this early, soft around the edges. "The part where I told you I loved you, or the part where Patricia interrupted us on a balcony to tell us Drew leaked the guest list to a reporter?""The first part. I'd like to keep believing that one happened, at least for a few more minutes befor
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I didn't answer right away.Liam's words sat in the cold air between us, and instead of rushing to fill the silence, I let myself actually feel the size of them, the weight of everything that had led to this exact moment on this exact balcony.The guilt came first, an old, familiar shape I'd carried for so long it had almost started to feel like part of me. Daniel's ring still on my finger the first time Liam kissed me, both of us pretending afterward that it hadn't meant anything, that we could put it back where we found it. The year I spent convinced I didn't deserve to be happy about how we'd started, like happiness itself was something that had to be earned through suffering first.Then the drawer, cleared out without ceremony, Maria's quiet work done before I'd even asked for it.The small brass key, dropped into my palm on his way past the kitchen island like it weighed nothing at all, though it had turned out to weigh more than almost anything else he'd ever given me.Elena's v
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I stepped back before Liam and Grant could round the corner and find me standing there, my heart pounding for reasons that had nothing to do with the champagne, and made my way quickly toward the terrace doors at the far end of the room, weaving through clusters of people who barely registered me passing.The cold air hit me the moment I stepped outside, sharp and clean after the perfume and noise of the ballroom, the city spread out below in a thousand small lights that didn't care at all what was happening two floors up. I pulled my wrap tighter around my shoulders and let the quiet settle over me, grateful for it in a way I hadn't expected to be grateful for anything tonight.I gripped the railing and let myself breathe, really breathe, for what felt like the first time all evening.Everything about tonight had been a performance in one way or another. Smiling at investors whose names I'd already forgotten the moment I let go of their hands. Sitting across from Eleanor while she me
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Eleanor excused herself not long after her verdict hung in the air, drifting back into the crowd with the same quiet precision she'd arrived with, leaving me alone at the small table trying to decide whether I'd passed some test or simply failed to fail it outright.Liam appeared a moment later, sliding into the seat his mother had just vacated, loosening his collar slightly like the last ten minutes had cost him something too."Well," he said. "You're still sitting upright. That's usually a good sign, in my experience.""I honestly don't know how that went.""Knowing my mother, that means it went better than most first meetings," Liam said. "She usually decides within thirty seconds whether someone's worth further conversation, and then simply moves on to the next room. She gave you considerably longer than thirty seconds. That's practically a standing ovation, by her standards.""Is that supposed to be reassuring?""It's the best I've got tonight," he admitted, reaching for my hand
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The knock came without warning, followed immediately by Amy pushing the door open like she owned the place. Ralph trailed behind her, coffee in hand, already looking like he had something to say.“Tell me you’re not buried in spreadsheets again,” Amy said, walking in without waiting for an answer.
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By the time I got home, the quiet felt louder than the party.The hallway was dim, the kind of soft lighting that usually made everything feel calm, but tonight it just made the silence heavier. I shifted my bag on my shoulder, digging through it for my keys as I reached my door, my fingers brushin
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I didn’t go back into the party.I couldn’t.The music still pulsed faintly through the walls as I pushed open the stairwell door, the heavy metal slamming shut behind me with a dull echo that felt louder than it should have. The sudden quiet wrapped around me, thick and suffocating, broken only by
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“Come in,” his voice came from inside, steady, like he had expected me.Of course, he had.I pushed the door open and stepped in without hesitation, closing it behind me with a soft click. He was at his desk, sleeves rolled just enough to show his wrists, his posture relaxed but focused, like he
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