Chapter 29
CHAPTER 29: ASHES OF CONTROL The elevator doors closed behind Sebastian and Vivian, sealing them in a silence that felt louder than the confrontation they had just left behind. Neither of them spoke at first. The air between them was charged, not just with tension, but with the aftermath of something irreversible. The boardroom was behind them now, but its consequences were not. They had crossed a line that could not be uncrossed, and both of them knew it. Vivian stood with her arms folded tightly across her chest, trying to steady the storm inside her. Sebastian stared ahead, his expression calm, but the set of his jaw told a different story. When the elevator reached the private executive floor, the doors opened, but neither of them moved immediately. Finally, Vivian turned to him. “Y
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