The tenth-floor boardroom, known as the "Board Room," was a low, rectangular chamber without windows, where the air was filtered and recycled to sterility. A long, polished ebony table, like a lake of obsidian, dominated the space. Around it, twelve black leather chairs, each more imposing than the last. At the head, the president's chair, empty. To his right, Calleb. To his left, the finance director, a man with thin-rimmed, button-top glasses.Lara sat in an additional chair, placed against the wall, next to a legal department intern who was frantically typing on a laptop. She wasn't a participant. She was a "resource," a "technical presence" from the Marketing department, there to provide specific data if requested. Her dark gray blazer and black skirt were armor. Beneath the high satin collar of her blouse, the thin platinum chain of her necklace was a constant line of cold against her skin, a stark secret amidst the formality.The black diamond weighed heavily. Not physically, bu
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