I sat at the far end of the table, trying to relax under the weight of the gazes fixed on me. It felt as though everyone seated in the room had not come for work, but for me. That awareness settled over me like a second skin. I shifted against the chair, adjusted things that needed no adjusting. I closed my eyes, drew in a slow, deep breath, and opened them again. Kane sat at the centre of the room. Lisa was to his right, leaning in to whisper something I could not catch. All I knew was that Kane’s eyes never left me. He stared with an intensity that shut out everything else—the shifting glances, the quiet judgments moving around the table. I lowered my head, fighting to keep my composure. Unlike Kane, I panicked easily. Pressure never sat well with me. For him it seemed natural, effortless. Does he even notice the way people are staring at us? “Isn’t she the boss’s sister?” one of the women to my right whispered. It was meant to be private, spoken only for the person be
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