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You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise The News
"I could speak with the judge..." Eamon offered, but Elena was quick to decline his help."That will only make things worse."They stopped talking once Evan ran out from the house to come greet them before they stepped inside after work."Hey buddy!" Eamon lifted Evan in his arms and held him closely. "How was school today?""Just fine." He shrugged. "My friend Samuel said he went fishing with his dad. Can we go fishing too?" He looked at Eamon and ignored his mom entirely."Well..." Eamon pretended to think. "I'll think about it for a while. How about that? I'll give you my response when I'm done speaking to your mom, okay?"That was when Evan looked up at her and waved towards her. "Hi mom." He smiled cheekily before jumping down Eamon's body and rushing back into the house as if he had a serious business to do."Where did we stop?" Elena glanced at Eamon quietly after they had watched Evan sprint into the house."The board?" Eamon offered."Yes, the board." Elena nodded and waited
You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise Choose
MICHELLE laid the folders out as if she was about to give a speech, and her voice didn't shake in Eamon's presence."The board has been discussing ways to address the press narrative surrounding your appointment," Michelle began, "The consensus is that the most effective response is demonstration rather than statement.""What does that mean?" Elena cleared her throat slightly as she asked in a pleasant tone."Meaning we put you in front of the industry," Michelle said. "Visibly. Credibly. In a context that has nothing to do with Mr. Valerius and everything to do with your professional capabilities." She opened the first folder and turned it toward Elena. "The International Technology and Finance Summit. It is the largest gathering of tech industry professionals in the region. There will be ten thousand attendees with a major press coverage." She paused. "The board has selected you to represent Lunaris as a keynote presenter."Elena looked at the folder and did not bat an eye. She alre
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 51: When the Past Refuses to Sign Away Its Power
When the Past Refuses to Sign Away Its PowerELENA lifted the phone to her ear, her fingers tightening slightly around it as the call connected.“Hello?” she said, keeping her voice steady.“Mrs. Brooks— sorry, Ms. Elena,” her lawyer corrected himself quickly. “I just left Marcus’s residence.”Her h
Zuletzt aktualisiert : 2026-03-30You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise 48: When the Past Finally Breaks
When the Past Finally BreaksELENA looked at him as though he had spoken in another language.“Divorce?” she asked, her eyes widening.“Yes, babe,” Eamon replied calmly, but firmly. “A divorce… and a legal claim on Evan. That would put a final hold on all of this.” He leaned forward slightly, resti
Zuletzt aktualisiert : 2026-03-29You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise 46: Cracks Beneath The Smile
Cracks Beneath the SmileTHE living room was tastefully furnished. It wasn't a mansion, but a house that spoke of money spent carefully and confidently. Cream-colored couches, abstract art on the walls, a glass center table polished to perfection. It was quiet, save for the faint hum of the air con
Zuletzt aktualisiert : 2026-03-28You Broke My Heart, Now Watch Me Rise 42: In the Blink of an Emergency
In the Blink of an EmergencyTHE office was quiet, the hum of the air conditioner the only background noise as she typed steadily, compiling reports and updating files on her laptop. The events of the past weekend drifted through her mind in fragments— Marcus’s threats, Eamon’s protection, Evan asl
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