Quiet Reign
It was a place designed for quiet business and cigars, but tonight, the air was poisoned by a familiar, superficial chatter that Xavier was finding harder to stomach by the second.
"Honestly, Xavier, you’ve been acting like a ghost all week," Maya said, swirling her glass of white wine, her diamond bracelets clinking like cheap wind chimes. She leaned back against the plush leather, her eyes sharp with calculating curiosity. "Camila is absolutely miserable. She won't even show her face at the club. You can't let a minor disagreement over some... nobody on the terrace ruin what your families have spent decades building."