Liora’s POV
The atmosphere at the office started changing slowly enough that I almost missed it at first.
Nothing obvious happened in the beginning. Nobody accused anyone directly. Nobody said anything openly to me but small things started to feel different in ways I could not fully explain.
Conversations stopped when I walked into certain rooms and people looked away too quickly sometimes even the energy around the office felt strangely tense, as if everyone knew something I did not.
At first, I blamed myself for noticing too much.
After the banquet, my emotions already felt stretched thin. Things between Ezra and me remained unresolved, Mina’s behavior kept bothering me more than I wanted to admit, and Jake’s offer still sat uncomfortably in the back of my mind.
I told myself I was
