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Chapter 281

Alicia's POV Monday morning and the building felt the same. I didn't. The elevator climbed. I watched the numbers rise, phone already in my hand. Two emails from committee chairs. One from compliance. Nothing urgent. Everything moving. The doors opened. Claire glanced up. Coffee waiting on her

Chapter 282

Not really. Where have you been hiding? Daniel: Sorry, Alicia. Can I explain over lunch? Where are you? Daniel: Already in the building. Heading toward you. I set the phone down. A week. An entire week and I'd barely had time to miss him because of everything else but now... A knock. I turned

Chapter 283

Edward's POV The elevator doors had closed seven minutes ago. I was still standing in the hallway on the 63rd floor where I'd watched them leave. Executive floor. Alicia's floor. Polished marble reflecting the overhead lights. The ventilation system's quiet drone filled the silence. No one here.

Chapter 284

Just sent the email. Because she didn't need to ask. She was the majority shareholder. I closed the email. Opened the Strategic Initiatives folder. Started working. Supplier diversification for Singapore. Thirty-seven pages. Vendor profiles. Financial stability ratings. Cost comparisons. Risk

Chapter 285

"I've known you for eight years, Edward. This isn't you." "Maybe it should have been." "What does that mean?" "It means I've spent a decade operating like Richard. Building the same way he did. And maybe it's time someone changed that." Harlan stood. "You're making a mistake." "Noted." He wal

Chapter 286

Alicia's POV The calendar notification appeared at one-thirty. Meeting with Edward Valentine - 2:00 PM Location: Your office Subject: Company Operations I stared at it. Thirty minutes. I'd been working since seven this morning: committee reports, budget approvals. Task force emails flooding i

Chapter 287

Edward's POV The garage was half-full when I pulled in. Silver S-Class. Executive bay. Not the Porsche. Not anymore. I got out, adjusted my collar, and walked toward the elevator. The lobby was off the moment I stepped off. A conversation near reception stopped a beat too soon. Two analysts by

Chapter 288

"Simultaneously," Alicia said. "Not after?" "Simultaneously." Harlan wrote something down. Small. I watched his hand and not what he wrote. James walked through preliminary modeling on remediation costs. Every figure was presented as a range. "We're looking at anywhere between eight and forty mi

Chapter 289

Alicia's POV Nobody returned to it. The chatter item was absorbed the way discomfort always is in rooms like this. Not solved, relocated. I turned my attention to the agenda. "Outreach," I said. "How do we make contact with the affected families?" Marcus leaned forward. "That's the problem righ

Chapter 290

Edward's POV Lucy. The thread at that table told me everything I needed to know before I stood up. Rejected. Warned. And precise in the way only someone with history can be precise. The gala. The contract. The pregnancy. Pure knowledge. Hard fact. Unequivocal. The kind that comes from being close

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