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The glass doors of Chapman Corporation headquarters reflected the bright morning light as Petra stepped out of the black car that had just pulled up in front of the building.The place stood tall and proud in the middle of the business district, its polished structure shining like a monument to power and wealth.She was dressed in a perfectly tailored corporate suit, and the dark fabric fitted her figure with quiet elegance. Her heels struck the marble floor with steady confidence as she walked forward, her posture straight and composed.Anyone looking at her would see a powerful businesswoman, someone who belonged at the top of the corporate world. Nothing about her appearance revealed the storm raging inside her heart.Behind her walked her assistant, Anita Baker, holding a tablet and a few documents close to her chest.Anita’s steps were quick, almost hurried, as she struggled to keep pace with Petra’s firm stride.The guards at the entrance immediately straightened when they saw h

Elizabeth had marched halfway into the grand hall in a storm of fury, but the moment she reached the center and noticed the cluster of reporters standing only a few steps away, she halted so abruptly that Kevin almost bumped into her from behind.The microphones stretched toward her like thin black snakes, eager and waiting.For a split second, Elizabeth froze.Her eyes widened.Then, as if a switch had suddenly been flipped in her mind, she forced a wide smile across her face. Her lips parted, revealing the uneven mix of yellow and brown teeth she had tried so hard to hide in public.The smile was painfully stiff.One reporter blinked.Another exchanged a glance with his colleague.Elizabeth waved awkwardly at them like someone who had just been caught doing something embarrassing but was pretending everything was perfectly normal.“Oh! Reporters,” she muttered under her breath, still holding the baby in her arms.Kevin leaned slightly toward her and whispered, “You didn’t say there

Pete tumbled off the bed so quickly that his knee slammed against the wooden frame with a loud thud.The shock of the sudden noise and the flood of staring faces sent a rush of panic through his body.Instinctively, both of his hands flew down to cover himself as he staggered upright, his eyes darting around the room like a trapped animal looking for an escape.His breathing had already become uneven, and for a few seconds he simply stood there in disbelief, as if hoping that the dozens of people staring at him would somehow disappear if he blinked hard enough.Behind him on the bed, Zoe had reacted even faster. The moment the wooden partition dropped and revealed the room to the crowd, she had grabbed the thick white blanket and yanked it over her body in one frantic motion.Now she clutched it tightly around herself, pulling it all the way up to her face until only her frightened eyes remained visible.Even those eyes quickly shut as if refusing to see the humiliation unfolding arou