If confidence had a smell, it would be whatever perfume I sprayed ten minutes ago, mixed with panic. I kept checking my reflection on the glass door of the thirty-fifth floor lobby, pretending to look calm. My reflection was lying.I wasn’t calm. I was seconds away from facing Alexander Stone, the youngest billionaire CEO in the city, the man who fired people like it was a hobby.The receptionist didn’t even smile at me. She just looked me up and down and said, “You can go in now, Miss Reyes.”I fixed my hair and whispered to myself, “You can do this.” My voice trembled a little.The office was huge, with floor-to-ceiling windows showing the skyline. Everything inside screamed money and power. And right there, behind a black glass desk, sat the man himself.He didn’t look up at first. He was on his phone, voice cold and sharp. “If they can’t close the deal, they’re useless. Replace them.”My stomach dropped.Then he hung up, lifted his head, and looked at me.And just like that, I for
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