ELLE'S POV
It had been three days since that board meeting, but the tension still hung in the air. People looked at me differently now, some with pity, some with satisfaction. I stopped caring which was which.
I came in early, like I always did. The office felt calmer before everyone arrived, almost safe. The sunlight hit the glass walls of the walkway, washing everything in gold. I liked mornings like this, clean, quiet, before the noise started.
I sat down, began on my laptop, and went straight to work. I wasn’t rebuilding the presentation for them. I was doing it for me. I wanted the numbers back exactly how they were before someone, Victoria, tore them apart.
Every line, every formula, every calculation, I checked twice. It wasn’t just data anymore; it was proof.
There was a knoc
