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Chapter 59: Turning the tide
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Sweet Revenge, Mr. CEO Chapter 59: Turning the tide
Serena’s POVBy the time Louisa found me, she had somehow already heard about the board meeting despite the fact that I had only just made it back to my temporary office. She appeared in the doorway without knocking, coffee in one hand, phone in the other, looking like she had sprinted over ten floors purely to satisfy her curiosity.“Tell me it’s true.”I looked up from the reports spread across my desk. “Good day to you too.”“No, absolutely not.” She set the coffee down, her lips parted in surprise. “We can exchange pleasantries after you tell me what happened in that boardroom.”I looked at her. She looked at me. She pointed at me, then toward what I believed was the floor above us, then back at me again, apparently deciding that finger gestures were more efficient than full sentences.“You actually went in there,” she said.“I didn’t exactly have a choice.”“You always have a choice.” She folded her arms. “Elena, I have worked in this company for four years. I have prepared prese
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Serena’s POVThe elevator descended in silence, the numbers above the doors counting down one floor at a time.Beside me, Killian stood with his hands loosely clasped in front of him, staring straight ahead like the stainless-steel doors had suddenly become the most fascinating thing in the building.His tie was perfectly straight.Everything else about him wasn’t.His shoulders were tight enough to snap steel cables, and every few seconds I caught him clenching his jaw before forcing himself to relax it again.We were less than a minute away from the boardroom.I studied him from the corner of my eye.If he walked into that room looking like this, and with no plans, they would smell blood before he even sat down.And if they tore him apart…My plans went down with him.“Killian.”He turned immediately.I stepped slightly into his line of sight and rested my fingers lightly against his sleeve, just above his elbow.Nothing dramatic.Just enough to make him stop thinking about whatever
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