Nadia's POV
The Singapore call was at seven AM on a Tuesday.
I was at the kitchen table with coffee and my laptop when Julian came downstairs at six fifty-eight in a suit, registered that I was already working, made himself coffee without commentary, and sat at the other end of the table with his own laptop.
We worked in parallel for forty minutes without speaking.
It was the most comfortable I'd felt in a shared space in years. Maybe ever.
When my call ended at eight-fifteen, Carol had agreed to the revised entry strategy and wanted a full proposal by the end of the month. I closed the laptop and looked up to find Julian watching me.
"Good call?" he asked.
"Very. Carol wants the full proposal."
"How long will that take?"
"Two weeks if I focus. Three if Elise decides sleep is opti
