The boardroom was silent except for the ticking clock on the far wall. Ethan sat at the head of the long glass table, his fingers pressed together beneath his chin. Around him, faces he once trusted shifted with unease.“Mr. Blackwood,” one of the directors finally spoke, voice tight. “The investors are pulling out. The Hartwell deal is gone. And with the recent leak…”“Enough,” Ethan cut in, his tone like steel cracking.He looked exhausted, dark circles under his eyes, tie loosened, the weight of too many sleepless nights pressing down on his shoulders. Since that night with Aria, everything started slipping.He had tried to focus on work, but every line of text blurred into her name, every empty room echoed her voice.Now, it seemed even the empire he had built brick by brick, dollar by dollar was crumbling with her absence.Selena stood by the window, dressed in crimson, arms folded. “You should have listened to me, Ethan. Aria was always a liability.”His head snapped toward her.
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