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He paused, the silence carefully measured. \u201cThe Chairman has become aware of certain\u2026 disagreeable experiences. Would you like the Group\u2019s legal department or M&A to intervene?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Each word landed like a mallet blow against Kevin and Teresa.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t reach for the documents. I merely gave Charles a slight nod. \u201cLet\u2019s go.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I turned without granting them another glance and walked toward the black sedan waiting beyond the glass doors-a vehicle of understated authority.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From the frozen lobby behind me came a strangled sound-Kevin\u2019s voice frayed with desperate and terror. \u201cJasmine\u2026 No-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Then the sharp unraveling of Teresa\u2019s weeping.\u00a0<\/p>\n
None of it concerned me anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The door closed without a sound, sealing away the chaos, the regret and despair.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Day 7\u00a0<\/p>\n
Horizon Capital\u2019s provisional control of the Stephenson Tower entered its seventh day.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The opulent office that had been Kevin\u2019s was stripped and remade.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I sat behind the desk, reviewing Charles\u2019s proposal for the complete divestiture of Stephenson\u2019s toxic\u00a0<\/p>\n
assets.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The intercom chimed. My secretary\u2019s voice, cautious, filtered through. \u201cMs. Watson. Kevin Stephenson is in reception. He insists on seeing you. We\u2019ve refused him multiple times, but he won\u2019t leave. He seems\u2026 agitated.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My eyes didn\u2019t lift from the document. My voice was flat, devoid of inflection. \u201cSend him up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Minutes later, the door opened silently.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Kevin stood there, a ghost of the man I\u2019d known.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He\u2019d made an effort-the navy bespoke suit I once admired, freshly styled hair, a trace of cologne.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But nothing could mask the bruised hollows beneath his eyes, the gaunt sharpness of his cheeks, or the bone-deep exhaustion and terror radiating from him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He tried to straighten his posture, but the tremor in his hands and the frantic movement of his eyes betrayed him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His gaze swept the office\u2019s new, severe aesthetic. His pupils contracted in a quick, pained flinch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cJas\u2026 Jasmine\u2026\u201d he began, his voice a dry rasp, thick with desperate placation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I didn\u2019t look up, my finger scrolling through a page of data on my tablet. \u201cMr. Stephenson. What do you want?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The formal address hit him like a blow. He flinched, color draining from his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He stumbled forward, nearly breaking into a run before stopping at my desk. His hands twisted together like a chastened schoolboy\u2019s.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI know I have no right\u2026 I\u2019m scum\u2026 I\u2019m less than human\u2026\u201d The words tumbled out in a rehearsed mess. A performative sob caught in his throat. \u201cThese past days\u2026 every minute\u2026 I\u2019ve been in hell! I can\u2019t survive\u00a0<\/p>\n
this\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He lifted his eyes, straining to produce tears.\u00a0<\/p>\n
9:48 ue, Jan 20\u00a0<\/p>\n
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