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Unwelcome pressure 

Author: LUNA INK
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-19 21:40:47

Ethan's POV

I walked into the office the next morning with a little more confidence in my stride.

The day before had been difficult — I wasn't about to deny it — but I'd spent close enough to the whole night working through files, piecing together what little I understood of the company's project, and creating something that I could present without embarrassing myself completely.

I was not going to let Aaron Warner send me home on my second day.

Without a struggle.

I smiled graciously at the receptionist, strained smiled at Maxwell when he waved at me, and walked straight to the AW group meeting room.

The room was quiet — eerily so — when I walked in. The large table gleamed, chairs pulled in tightly, screens blank. I exhaled a breath I hadn't realized I was holding.

I loved being the first person there.

Loved having a moment to just be before the chaos of the day engulfed me completely.

I put my file folder onto the table and sat down in one of the chairs, my fingers tapping restivel
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