Chapter 83: The Stage with Two FlamesThree days later, it arrived sleek, formal, and laced with intent.National Policy Forum“Leadership in the Age of Crisis”Live Broadcast: Federal Conference Centre, Abuja.Sophia scanned the panel list, her heart halting mid-beat.Camilla Hart.Her name sat on the page like a knife edge. CEO of Hart Holdings, enemy cloaked in elegance.Clara leaned in, her voice sharp with disbelief. “You’re joking.”“They’ve put us on the same panel,” Sophia said, her tone flat, eyes unreadable.Ralia folded her arms, already bracing for battle. “She’ll use that stage to provoke you and to twist the narrative. She wants you to snap. In front of everyone.”Sophia didn’t flinch. “And if I keep my silence?”“She’ll frame it as fear,” Clara muttered. “That you’re too scared to face her.”The morning of the forum was a quiet war.Sophia dressed with calculated simplicity,navy suit, crisp white blouse, a single pair of pearl studs. No glitter, no deflection. Just the
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