After what was perhaps one of the most suffocating moments of Emma's life, Noah left without another word. Taking the signed documents with him as he took his exit. For several long seconds, Emma did not move. Watching the closed door, as if expecting him to come back. Then slowly and shakily she released a painful breath, her fingers finally loosened around her pen, and only then did she notice the deep, white indentations carved into her knuckles from gripping it so tightly. Thirty days... She had bought herself thirty days. Emma leaned back against the leather chair, closing her eyes as the adrenaline that had held her spine like iron began to drain away, leaving her limbs feeling leaden and cold. In the quiet of her own mind, the victory felt thin. She had won the negotiation. She had forced Noah Walker, a man who had spent his life dictating terms to boardrooms full of ruthlessly capable men to accept hers. Yet, as her pulse finally slowed, a bitter, unwanted truth settl
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