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CHAPTER 23: A LITTLE BIT OF VICTORY

Author: Zoey Walker
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-02 02:04:52

Selene’s POV

It had been three weeks since everything had fallen. Chloe's business had plummeted like a house on wet sand. Seth had vanished; he was last seen getting on a private jet. The media had shifted their focus to other stories.

Once more, the city buzzed but not with whispers behind my back. They addressed me by name this time showing respect.

The woman who made it out alive. The woman who got up and turned her troubles into success . But I no longer wanted to survive. I had no desire to survive on what had been stolen from me.

My goal was to create something that would last. Something filled with purpose.

I was standing in front of my new office window, the view was the same but the door had a new name.

Selene. CEO and founder.

Ruth, Nina Leon and some new people we had just added were seated at the long glass table behind me.

With his arms crossed, Jason sat across from me and gazed at me as if I were the sun.

After inhaling I turned to face them.

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