~~Alejandro~~
The board meeting ended quietly—too quietly.
My secretary knocked lightly and stepped inside with a stack of files pressed to her chest.
“Sir… Carlos gave me a file on my way here,” she said. “Something about it feels… off.”
I didn’t look up. “Off… how?”
“He slid it into the middle, like he hoped you wouldn’t notice.”
I let out a humorless laugh. “Don’t overthink it. Leave it.” I said my eyes on her.
Her brows knit together, but she obeyed, placing everything neatly on my desk.
As soon as the door shut, I flipped through the files — slowly and carefully — and there it was. Two anomalies.
One from Carlos.
Another… the proposal my father had given me last night. The very same file I left safely at home. My pulse sharpened.
Blood heated in my veins. I had intentional
