Ann's exposure was like a slow burning fire, the fallout was really quiet, but consuming everything in its path.
Aria sat alone in her office as dusk crept over the city, the air thick with the weight of everything that had unfolded. The firm was still humming with whispers. The staff moved cautiously, still reeling from the revelations that had shattered the carefully curated calm they once believed in.
Ann, Daniel’s once-trusted secretary and secret lover, had been unmasked as the mastermind behind months of corporate sabotage. Her web of manipulation had nearly destroyed Aria’s firm and fractured the few pieces of Daniel’s already splintered integrity.
And yet… the damage was not just professional. It was deeply personal.
Josh, shaken and withdrawn, barely spoke to anyone. Isabelle
