The One Person Damian Couldn’t LeaveEverything happened at once after Damian’s knees gave out.The sharp sound of the conference chair crashing backward.My voice broke as I reached for him.Alexander was moving fast enough to catch part of his weight before he hit the marble floor completely.The entire shareholder chamber exploded into motion after that, but for me the room suddenly felt distant, blurred around the edges by panic as Damian collapsed against us with a low, strained breath that sounded more painful than anything else he had endured that night.“Damian.”I dropped beside him immediately while security, reporters, federal investigators, and board members all surged into overlapping chaos around the chamber, but none of it mattered anymore because the man lying in front of me looked terrifyingly pale beneath the executive lights.Blood had soaked heavily through the side of his jacket now.Far worse than before.The movement from standing too long, pushing too hard, for
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