The door didn’t just open.
It slammed.
The sharp sound cut through the silence of Alexander’s office, dragging his attention away from the file still resting in his hands. He didn’t need to look up to know who it was.
Only one person walked into his space like that.
Victoria.
She stood at the door for a second, her chest rising and falling slightly, her eyes locked on him with a fire she wasn’t trying to hide. There was no elegance in her entrance this time, no carefully composed expression, no measured control.
Just anger.
Raw.
Unfiltered.
“So it’s true.”
Alexander closed the file slowly, placing it on the desk before finally lifting his gaze to meet hers. His expression remained calm, but there was a tension beneath it now, something she noticed immediately.
“You knew.”
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