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Chapter 22: Public Damage

Autor: DadieT
last update Data de publicação: 2026-05-02 23:48:16

The first thing Lena noticed was how quiet the room became.

Not because there was peace—there wasn’t.

But because silence was often the first sign of something catastrophic.

Sebastian kept reading.

Once.

Twice.

Each time slower.

As if the article might somehow change if he stared at it long enough.

It didn’t.

The headline remained.

Their names remained.

And so did the implication that they were now the center of a corporate inheritance battle.

Lena took the phone back.

Her expression was unread
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