ELARAI expected to be summoned to a conference room regarding the accusation laid by LucasInstead, I get a text at 1:45 PM: My office. Now. - DWhen I arrive on the fifty-eighth floor, Linda barely glances up from her desk. "Go right in, Miss Blake. They're waiting for you."They?I push open the heavy doors to Damien's office and stop short.Damien is behind his desk, just sitting in his leather throne like the king he is. Relaxed. In control. Like this is any other Tuesday.Across from him, perched nervously on the edge of their chairs, are three people: a woman in her fifties I recognize as Patricia Morrison from HR, a younger man with a tablet, and a woman in a sharp suit who must be Legal.They look terrified.Damien's eyes find mine the moment I walk in, and the corner of his mouth lifts. "Elara. Come here."Not "please sit down." Not "join us." Just "come here."I cross the room, hyperaware of three sets of eyes tracking my movement. Damien gestures to the chair beside him...n
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