CHAPTER 69 DAMIEN’S POV The war was over. Sterling Corp was still standing, the lights on, doors open, like it hadn’t come close to breaking. I was still on my feet too, but only because I hadn’t stopped moving long enough to fall. The second I walked into my office, the exhaustion hit me hard. My legs slowed down, my shoulders dropped, and suddenly I could feel every hour I hadn’t slept. Madison sat in the chair across from my desk, elbow propped on the armrest, fingers pressed to her temple. Her jacket was half off one shoulder, hair pulled back loose. She didn’t speak, just looked at me, worn down in all the same places. “Send a memo,” I said, rubbing my hand over my face before pushing it through my hair. “Everyone who stayed in it till the end gets a $1,000 bonus. Effective immediately." She raised an eyebrow, barely. A flicker of something, maybe surprise, flashed for a second, but she didn’t push. “Consider it done,” she said, already turning toward her screen. “And Madi
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