Chapter 72
Eva’s Point of View
I sat behind my desk, skimming through the endless emails piling up in my inbox. Each one required a decision, a command, or a signature so many details, each one moving the company forward, step by careful step. I had fought to get here, to build something entirely mine. But today, there was an uneasy, restless feeling lingering in the back of my mind.
A soft knock on the door pulled me out of my thoughts. I glanced up, expecting to see one of my assistants, but instead, there he stood my father. His presence hit me like a cold wind, a reminder of a life I had tried to bury. The man who had once held my future in his hands, only to gamble it away on his own ambitions.
“Eva,” he said, his voice barely above a whisper as he took a tentative step inside.
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