Ethan
It's strange, I didn't know this feeling...
That corridor became eternal for me, it was as if I was moving forward, but suddenly, my steps became so small that the space was... What am I saying?
That exact moment when the air seems to be suspended, as if the world is waiting for someone to confirm who won... It had always been me.
I left the building without haste. Too much calm may seem like arrogance, but it's actually discipline.
The elevator descended and I mentally reviewed every sentence I had said, every graph, every measured pause. Everything was fine. Everything had been fine... And yet, the contract wasn't mine.
It was not an ambush. There was no cheating. No one raised their voice or twisted the rules. That was what bothered me the most: there was nothing to claim. C
