Amara’s POV
The weight of that settled heavily in my chest. I suddenly understood something horrifying: I hadn’t joined Cole group to be involved in ordinary corporate politics.
I’d walked into a different battlefield, where the stakes are higher, and someone had already painted a target on my back, for reasons I don’t know.
A sharp knock interrupted the silence; neither of us moved immediately.
Then Ethan said coldly, “Come in.”
His assistant stepped inside carefully, visibly nervous.
“Sir… the security flagged media downstairs.”
“How many?”
“Seven reporters so far.”
My stomach dropped again. Already?
The assistant hesitated before adding: “And… someone leaked Ms. Daniels’ employee file.”
The room froze, and every instinct inside me went cold.
“What, how could this happen?” Et
