The city was unnaturally still that night. It felt as if the skyline itself was holding its breath, waiting for the storm Marrin had set in motion.
Her office was dark except for the pale glow of her computer screen. Rows of files lined the table, every document, every transaction, every falsified record she had uncovered on Vivienne Sterling meticulously arranged. Tomorrow morning, one press release would send them spiraling into the world—leaving Vivienne defenseless, exposed, and alone.
It should have been exhilarating.It should have felt like justice.
But Marrin couldn't shake the heavy stillness inside her chest. She was standing on the edge of something irreversible. Once she pressed send, there would be no way back—not for Vivienne, not for Calvin, not for herself.
Liam entered
