Third Person's POV
The tension in the air thickened.
Anthea dialed the number, put the call on speaker, and slammed the phone down on the table. No one tried to stop her.
Theron stood unmoving, arms crossed, his expression so calm it bordered on cold indifference. He didn't even look her way. It was as though he were watching a play he had anticipated for a long time.
The call connected. A deep, steady voice came from the other end, exuding the authoritative air typical of an older Alpha. "Anthea?"
It was Dominic Ellington—Theron's father, Chairman of the Kinnell Group.
Anthea's voice shifted immediately. Resentment, anger, and suppressed frustration blended together with unsettling precision, like an emotional performance she had perfected over the years.
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