I was more than pretty
“Men like Julian never change.”
They were right. He didn’t.
But I did.
I used to think silence meant defeat. Now, I understand it’s the most powerful form of control. While everyone else was talking, guessing, assuming, I stayed still — watching, learning, calculating.
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One afternoon, I passed Julian standing by the glass wall in his office. Serena was beside him, laughing at something. He looked so at ease, so sure of himself. His reflection in the glass was almost poetic — the image of a man basking in victory.