DOMINIC
She was quiet in the car and I let her be quiet because I knew what was happening.
I had watched Elena work a room for four hours tonight. I had seen her at her best — composed and precise and warm in the specific way that felt effortless but I had already learned cost something. I had seen her handle the board members and the press introductions and three separate conversations with people who asked pointed questions with a skill that made me wonder how I had ever thought she was just a wedding planner.
And then Sienna had appeared.
I had seen the moment Sienna clocked her across the room. I had seen the calculation in Sienna's face before she moved — a thing I recognised because I had seen it in the mirror when I was working out a difficult acquisition move. Sienna saw Elena
