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92: The Morning After
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2026-04-08 04:30:52
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You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise 97: The Back Door
The Back DoorTHE Finchley wing was quieter than Elena's old office. She had not expected that. She had expected it to feel like a demotion rendered in architecture, smaller, dimmer, further from everything that mattered. Instead it was a decent-sized room with one good window that faced east, which meant morning light, and walls that were far enough from any open plan area that the background noise of other people working was reduced to a pleasant hum rather than an intrusion.She unpacked immediately and placed her things to decorate her new office. Plant on the windowsill. Documents in the drawer. Laptop open and logged in. The signed copy of Kemi's petition confirmation on the left side of the desk where she put things she needed to see.Michelle had deposited her here with the efficiency of someone completing a task and had left without ceremony. Elena sat at her new desk and thought about the text.*Follow Michelle's instructions regarding the office move. Trust me.*She had bee
You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise 96: The Move
The MoveTHIS was the second time this week that this was happening. Elena getting shut out from Eamon's office when Michelle butted in. This time, she could barely hold the feeling that was curling up in her chest. Bright and hot jealousy, especially with how short Michelle had worn her dress today. Elena walked down the corridor away from Eamon's office and told herself she was not thinking about what was happening inside it.But she was thinking about it...She took the elevator to her floor and sat at her desk and opened her laptop and stared at the screen for some seconds before closing it again. The image of Michelle leaning across the conference table, the practiced warmth of her body language, the way she had looked at Eamon with the particular attention of a woman who had decided something and was in the process of executing it, was sitting in Elena's chest in a way that she could not fully comprehend, but she knew it.Jealousy.She admitted that it was present, inconvenient,
You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise 95: The Look
The Look"NOT at all," Eamon replied as he went round his desk to sit.His voice was entirely professional and entirely pleasant, and it gave away nothing, which Elena recognized as a deliberate choice rather than an accidental one. Michelle followed his movement with her eyes while Elena stood where she was, which happened to be in the general vicinity of the door, which Michelle had closed behind her without asking."I wanted to update you personally on the press situation this morning," Michelle said, directing herself entirely toward Eamon. "I have been liaising with the communications team since seven and I think we have effectively contained the narrative.""I appreciate that," Eamon said. He sat behind his desk. "What approach did communications take?""We released a brief statement clarifying that Ms. Brooks's appointment was based entirely on documented merit and predated any personal relationship," Michelle said smoothly. "We also provided the press with the timeline of her
You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise 94: Michelle
MichelleTHE presentation went well.Elena delivered it with the focused clarity of someone who had been preparing it for weeks and had refused to let a morning of press vans and uninvited office visitors reduce it to something smaller than it was. The senior stakeholders in the room were attentive. Two of them asked follow-up questions that indicated genuine engagement. One of them, a woman in her sixties who Elena had seen at board-adjacent events but never spoken to directly, caught her eye at the end and nodded once like she was satisfied with the presentation.Elena walked back to her office, sat down, and allowed herself thirty seconds of feeling good about it. Then she opened the access log again. The name was still there.There were seven visits to her file with no comments and no changes. The person was just reading through.She thought about what someone would do with that kind of reading. If you wanted to undermine a presentation rather than steal it, you would not copy it.
You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise 93: Private Entrance
Private EntranceTHE morning was already moving faster than Elena wanted it to. She pulled up to Evan's school with four minutes to spare, which was not ideal but was survivable, and Evan had his bag on his lap and his serious face on, which he wore on days when he had decided that efficiency was the priority."Do you have your lunch," she asked him as she shuffled around for his bag."Yes.""And your reading book?""Yes.""And you remembered that Samuel's mum is picking you up today because I have—""The big presentation thing, yes." Evan unclipped his seatbelt with authority. "I know, Mom. I have been listening."She turned to look at him. He was already half out of the door and then he stopped and turned back like he had some important news to deliver today."You are going to be brilliant today," he said. Very matter of fact. The way he stated things he considered established.Elena's heart warmed and she almost chuckled. "That's so sweet of you, sweetheart. Who taught you how to
You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise 92: The Morning After
The Morning AfterELENA became aware of three things in quick succession. The first was that she was warm in a way that had nothing to do with blankets. The second was that her left arm was pinned beneath approximately six feet of a sleeping billionaire and had been for some time. The third was that the light coming through the curtains showed that the morning was past early, but not yet late and she was going to be late for work.She tried to extract her arm carefully but it didn't budge."You are awake," Eamon groaned softly, without opening his eyes."My arm is asleep," she said gently, still trying."Your arm can sleep a little longer.""Eamon I have work."He opened one eye. "You were in the hospital eleven days ago.""And now I am not," she said. "I have a presentation at nine and a department meeting at eleven and I am already—" She checked the clock and gasped. "I am already extremely late."That was when he opened both eyes. Then, without particular urgency, he sat up, took h
You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise 41: Gentle Encouragement
Gentle EncouragementTHE soft golden light of early evening filtered through the curtains when Evan stirred. He yawned, stretching his small arms above his head before swinging his legs off the bed.“Mom?” he called softly as he padded toward the kitchen.Elena was there, stirring a pot gently on t
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