(Alessia's POV)Sleep barely registered.The proposal rested beside me like a shotgun with the safety released, pages highlighted with scribbles in my crazed handwriting, and still, I wasn't sure I'd survive this war. Nikolai's voice rang through the silence, calm and low from our call the night before, leading me word by word through the document like he wasn't the devil in a three-piece.However, his advice had sunk in."Don't panic, Printsessa. Take a breath. And remember—there has to be a reason to think otherwise."And I did. I took a deep breath. I wore my tallest heels, my tallest suit, and strode into the building with a spine of steel.By 9 a.m., I was standing at the front of the glass-walled boardroom, nerves raging like a hurricane in my belly, but posture indomitable. All the chairs were filled—investors, stakeholders, silent onlookers with even chillier faces than usual.No room for mistake.No space for fear.I greeted them, handed out the files, and started the present
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