(Author’s POV)The girl was somewhat aback to learn that the woman she had assumed belonged to an elite family was actually ‘The Owen Skylar's wife’. She instinctively stepped back, her whole body trembling. “M-My name… it’s… Elara…” Her voice cracked, and she fidgeted with the file she still held in her arms.Owen’s sharp eyes flicked toward her briefly, but his face gave nothing away. Flat, unreadable, cold even because to him, no one else mattered the way Aurora did. He wasn’t cruel, but he had no reason to offer softness to strangers.Aurora noticed Elara shrinking under his gaze, so she quickly explained, her voice filled with quiet anger.“She’s the girl I bumped into earlier downstairs. Do you know why she was crying outside, Owen?” Aurora’s tone sharpened, her protective instinct rising.“Because one of your department heads insulted her, called her worthless, dismissed her for being late by a minute and for her clothes. Instead of judging her on her talent, he crushed her sp
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