The room had gone quiet.
Not the comfortable kind.
Not the kind that followed resolution.
This was different.
Heavy.
Lingering.
Like something had been said… but not fully settled.
Alexander stood still for a moment after Victoria’s words, his thoughts running faster than he let on.
An exclusive board meeting.
It sounded simple.
Strategic.
Necessary.
But it wasn’t just that.
It was a statement.
A declaration.
A line drawn clearly in the sand.
He exhaled slowly, turning away from her as he walked toward the large window that overlooked the city.
The same city that once ignored him.
The same city that now spoke his name with respect.
Lights stretched endlessly into the distance, glowing against the night like silent witnesses to everything he had built.
Everything he coul
