Contract With My Hidden Enemy
I couldn’t hear what it was, but my mom immediately signaled for us all to leave the room.
Just Victor was left behind in the meeting room, completely alone with his thoughts.
As we all stepped out toward the doors, I hadn’t even realized it was evening already, probably because of how many hours we had spent locked in that corporate warfare. But the moment we got close to the parking slot, the heavy doors opened, and Arthur stepped out into the garage.
The exact moment his eyes landed on my mom, he froze dead in his tracks.
“Mary!” Arthur choked out.
My mom froze instantly, her entire regal posture locking up.