By nine the next morning, Elena's contract was officially over.Clara read through the final termination documents twice before placing them in the folder.“Everything has been signed,” she said.Matteo sat at the head of the conference table, his attention on his phone.“Good.”Across from him, Elena's expression tightened.“That’s it?”Matteo looked up.“What else were you expecting?”“A conversation.”“You've had several.”Elena leaned back slowly, crossing one leg over the other.“We were together for months, Matteo.”“We were under contract for months.”Her eyes flickered.“That’s how you see it?”“That is what it was.”Clara kept her eyes on the documents. She had no interest in being caught between them.Elena noticed anyway. She looked toward Clara.“Of course. Everything is business with you now.”Clara closed the folder.“Yes. Today, it is.”Matteo's eyes moved briefly to her. Something about the way she said it made the corner of his mouth twitch, barely. But Clara saw it.
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