Lucy’s office glowed with soft lamps, papers already spread across her desk when Christian walked in.She looked up, calm and composed, nothing like the traitor who had once sold his family’s secrets.“You came,” she said.“I don’t have a choice,” Christian said, closing the door behind him. “Bronson forced this.”“I know,” Lucy said. “That’s why I’m willing to help, even after everything I did wrong before.”Christian studied her carefully. “Why should I trust you again?”“You shouldn’t,” Lucy said simply. “But right now, trust isn’t the point. Survival is.”She slid a folder across the desk toward him.“This is a business partnership agreement,” she said. “Not a marriage. The board used that word to scare you into moving faster, but the actual clause only requires a formal joint statement of confidence, backed by shared capital.”Christian flipped through the pages quickly, his eyes narrowing.“This still ties my public image to yours,” he said. “Photographs, joint appearances, ever
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