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I turned my eyes away. Watching them any longer felt like letting their filth touch me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My hand found the familiar weight of my handbag, its leather worn soft at the edges from years of use.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then I turned and started for the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, Jasmine, leaving already?\u201d Teresa\u2019s voice cut the air. She disengaged and moved quickly, positioning herself between me and my exit. \u201cDon\u2019t you want to stay a little longer and\u2026 savor the view? You won\u2019t get many chances to visit this office again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She lifted her chin, her eyes performing a slow, inventorying sweep. The look was a transaction, pricing out used goods.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cRight, anyway, I\u2019m the lady of this office now. Well, some outdated inventory needs clearing out. It clutters the view-don\u2019t you agree, Kevin?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As she spoke, she performed a calculated hair-tuck, unveiling the diamond studs\u2014his latest investment. The stones caught the light, cold and brilliant, a deliberate assault on the senses.\u00a0<\/p>\n
My steps halted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOutdated inventory?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The laugh was short, mirthless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTo what exactly are you referring, Teresa? The couture you\u2019re wearing-a slavish copy of my configuration from last season? The limited-edition heels I\u2019d already deprecated from my collection?\u201d My gaze drifted to where her hand gripped his arm. \u201cOr the man you\u2019ve scavenged from my discard pile?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her smile solidified, then cracked into something ugly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cExcuse me! What the hell are you talking about?!\u201d Her shriek was pure static. \u201cKevin chose me because I\u2019m better! I\u2019m younger! I speak his language! Please. You\u2019re nothing but a washed-up influencer who still thinks a pretty face counts as talent! What did you ever do for him besides drain his resources?!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned slowly, my focus locking onto her face for the first true diagnostic scan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did I do for him?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My voice was low, carrying a tremor that wasn\u2019t weakness.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cKevin.\u201d The name fell like a stone. \u201cShall I remind you? Three years ago, when your venture crashed, who found you wallowing in a rented room, drowning in failure? Who liquidated her entire savings-who sold the last tangible piece of my mother, her emerald-to scrape together eight hundred grand and keep your dream on life support? You called it your shame, and you begged me never to tell. I promised I wouldn\u2019t\u2014 \u2018and even after you made it big, I kept my word. Not once did I tell anyone.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin\u2019s pupils contracted violently. A core memory, flagged for permanent deletion, had just been forcibly restored.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Teresa\u2019s processing power seemed to hit a limit, her expression blank with buffer overload.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I continued, each word a shard of ice, slicing open the past.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd your first meeting with Li of MacroTech. When he dismissed your startup as insignificant-who called in a favor from my senior that night? Who leveraged his family\u2019s connections to get you a second chance, the one that secured your breakthrough contract?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My voice dropped, colder now. \u201cWhen your company faced its first credibility crisis, drowning in fabricated rumors, who spent seventy-two hours manually scrubbing the data streams? Who drafted every counter-narrative while your PR team was still finding its footing?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd last year,\u201d I pressed, the air thickening with the weight of all he\u2019d chosen to forget, \u201cwhen the West District acquisition stalled and the banks rejected you, who-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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