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Chapter 31: The First Real Conversation

Penulis: Kim castro
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-06-03 15:06:53

We sat across from each other and pretended we were strangers. We almost succeeded.

The conference room I had chosen was on the thirty-second floor, the same floor as the larger room where the merger meeting had happened, but smaller, more controlled, with a table built for six rather than twenty and a window that faced east rather than south, which meant the afternoon light came in at an angle that fell across the table between us rather than behind either of us. I had considered this. Light b
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