ROSALIE The heavy silence of the London headquarters felt entirely different at night. During the day, the eighth-floor office was loud, busy, and full of moving people. But as the clock ticked past seven in the evening, the bright hallways grew dark, empty, and terrifyingly quiet.For the past several days, I had been living in a constant state of nervous tension. I tried my absolute best to remain professional, keeping my distance and refusing to encourage Dr. Arthur Harrison in any way. I hoped that if I kept my head down and focused only on my work, he would eventually understand that I was not interested in playing his games.Instead, his attitude had grown colder and more demanding every single time we were alone. In front of the other employees, he was still the polite, smiling regional director. But the second the office doors closed, his tone shifted. He would make subtle, frustrating comments suggesting that I somehow owed him my loyalty, my time, and my compliance because
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