Lena's POV
I woke up that morning and lay very still for exactly three minutes.
Then I got up, went to the bathroom, looked at my reflection, and said out loud: "Absolutely not."
I meant the whole day.
The press event. The cameras. The questions.
Standing in front of a room full of journalists and announcing myself as CEO of one of the most powerful companies in the country when six weeks ago I was sleeping on a bus station bench.
Absolutely not.
I brushed my teeth and went downstairs anyway.
Abel was already at the breakfast table with a printed list.
"Sit down," he said without looking up.
"Good morning to you too."
"Sit. We have forty minutes before Sophia gets here and I need you to know these answers before she does your hair."
I sat. He slid the list across the table. I
