Gabriel stopped sleeping properly.It didn’t happen all at once. At first, it was just restlessness. He would fall asleep for an hour or two, then wake suddenly, heart racing, his mind already moving. Later, sleep became something he avoided. Every time he closed his eyes, memories slipped in—uninvited, sharp, and heavy.He told himself it was stress.Work pressure. Family tension. The hospital bills that still sat like a weight on his chest.But deep down, he knew better.Something had been stirred.It started at the charity event.He couldn’t get the woman out of his head—the one who spoke calmly, clearly, like she didn’t need approval from anyone in the room. She hadn’t said much, but when she did, people listened. Not because she was loud. Not because she tried to impress.Because she was sure.That certainty stayed with him.Two days later, during a meeting, one of his partners suggested a risky expansion plan. The room buzzed with excitement, voices overlapping, numbers thrown a
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