Amidst all these happening to Lyra, Meera was also going through her fair share of troubles.
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Meera’s POV
The boardroom felt suffocating, the air thick with tension. The usual hum of polite conversation had morphed into an endless squabble, each person fighting for their own agenda. The voices grew louder, overlapping, one accusation after another. Every word felt like a dagger to my chest, but none of them seemed to care. I stood frozen at the head of the table, my hands gripping the edges so hard my knuckles turned white.
"I told you this wouldn't work!" Raymond’s voice boomed across the room, his face flushed red. "We're not signing anything until we have a better guarantee."
"I’m not going to keep going in circles with you!" Claire shot back, her arms folded across her chest, ey
