But just as Adrian's hand touched the doorknob, Sabrina grabbed his arm.
"Enough. Stop putting on an act. I knew from the start that all of you were working together to scare me."
Adrian froze, guilt flickering across his face.
But her next words rooted him to the spot.
"Organ failure, her family making a scene, and now Evelyn suddenly going quiet... What is this, playing dead? You planned all of it in advance, didn't you?"
She swept a cool, mocking glance over the people in the corridor.
"What is this, a coup? Are you trying to use public pressure to turn him against me?
"Adrian, if Evelyn can bring her whole family here to block your door today, what's stopping her from using Prescott Group's business secrets to blackmail you tomorrow?"
Her words stretched the tension in the corr
