"Bella, you've transformed this division." She pulled up financial reports on her screen. "Forty-five million pounds in profit in eighteen months. That's unprecedented."
"The opportunities were there," I said. "I just found them."
"You created them." She leaned forward. "I'm promoting you to division head. You'll have your own team, full autonomy over acquisition decisions, and equity in the deals you close."
"Thank you," I said, keeping my voice steady even as my heart raced. "I won't let you down."
"I know you won't." She smiled slightly. "Robert told me you'd be special and he was right."
That night, I video called Maya from my small London flat. Tom was asleep in the next room, and I was still in my work clothes at midnight, exhausted but exhilarated.
"Division head," Maya breath
