Silas’s POVThe moment the boardroom doors closed behind us, Chairman Wolfe exploded.His cane slammed violently against the marble floor. “How dare she!”The old man’s face was red with fury. “That ungrateful girl!”Nobody answered.For the first time in years, nobody rushed to comfort him. Nobody agreed with him. Nobody reassured him that everything would be fine.Because everyone knew it wasn’t.Wolfe Group had just lost eighty percent of its shares. The company no longer belonged to us.It belonged to Seraphina. The realization felt unreal.Chairman Wolfe continued ranting all the way back to the mansion.Evelyn sat quietly beside me in the car. Normally, I would’ve reached for her hand. Normally, I would’ve reassured her.Today, I couldn’t because my mind kept replaying the same scene over and over again.The mansion felt emptier than ever that night. For years, I never noticed how much of my life Seraphina quietly handled.The flowers in the foyer, my meals, my schedules, the end
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