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CHAPTER 16: THINGS LEFT UNSAID

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(Elena’s POV)

I stared at Xavier’s message for a full ten seconds before locking my screen.

“We need to talk.”

Absolutely not. The audacity alone almost made me laugh.

After everything he had done—the accusations, the silence, standing there while Sabrina tore me apart in front of the company—he suddenly wanted to talk?

Whatever Xavier Carrington had to say could wait forever.

I pushed the thought away and forced myself back to the reports scattered across my desk. Vendor contracts. Financial s
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