🥀Vivienne’s POV (Cont.)🥀
The atmosphere in the private room grew tense after Eliza’s words.
Even my colleagues from Vanguard Global Enterprises looked uncomfortable.
Surprisingly, even Isabella’s team shifted uneasily in their seats.
Someone tugged lightly at Eliza’s sleeve under the table.
A silent warning.
But she didn’t care.
She sat upright, her chin slightly raised, as if she had said nothing wrong.
I looked at her calmly.
“So what you’re implying,” I said slowly, “is that Chairman Hawthorne values money more than relationships?”
My voice was steady.
But something inside me was already burning.
Eliza’s expression stiffened.
“That’s not what I meant,” she said quickly.
Before the tension could escalate
The door opened.
Alexander walked in.
With Isabella beside him.
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