Axle's POV
The music was low, the garden buzzing with laughter and soft chatter, but all I could feel was the suffocating cloud of perfume and desperation in the air.
One by one, they came flocking in… the women. "Congratulations on my latest acquisition, the country's second-largest construction firm, Mega City Construction is such a big deal" rolled off their tongues like they rehearsed every word in front of a mirror. But I saw through the act.
The fake smiles. The caked makeup. The strategically pushed-up cleavage spilling out of dresses that screamed Look at me.
They weren't here to celebrate my achievements. They were here for my name, my status, my bank account.
I held my expression neutral, barely nodding, waiting them out like I was enduring a board meeting from h
