POV: Sebastian The city looked calm from the top floor of Velez Corporation Tower—a glass ocean of skyscrapers gleaming beneath the sun, traffic pulsing like veins. But inside Sebastian’s office, everything felt like it was breaking.He hadn’t slept. Not really.Every minute since Ocean’s kidnapping replayed in his head like a glitching film—her face, her trembling voice, the scattered papers she left behind. Each one of them held a piece of her pain and his failure.He could save her body, yes. But her trust? That was a different war.“Mr. Velez, the board is ready for you,” Mara, one of his corporate secretary , said softly, eyes flicking to the folder in his hand.Sebastian nodded, tightening his grip. “Let them wait five more minutes.”Mara hesitated. “Sir, they’ve already been waiting for—”“I said five minutes,” he cut her off, not sharply, but like someone whose patience had been replaced by exhaustion.When she left, Sebastian let out a breath he’d been holding for hours.His
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