All Chapters of From my Bully to CEO: Chapter 91 - Chapter 93

PRESENTGRAYSON’S POV:I learned a long time ago that silence is only powerful when it’s chosen.Today was the day it stopped being my weapon.Even though I'd prepared for it for so long, I still felt that familiar pang of anxiety shoot through me.I smoothed down my suit and straightened my back, looking around the people that sat in the conference room.My board members, my legal team, people who'd known my father - known Aurum Holdings - since before I was born.There were matching looks of disappointment on their faces, like they couldn't believe this was happening.Once, that look would have crushed me. Teenage Grayson had lived for approval, for the fragile validation of people he believed he was meant to impress. Adult Grayson knew better. I didn't care what any of them thought of me. They didn't matter enough.It was freeing in a way I didn’t know was possible.I cleared my throat.“It was an honor working with you,” I said, addressing the room. “You may not understand my dec

PRESENTSELENE’S POV:Three days in, and I still hadn’t figured out how to exist in Corey Allister’s penthouse without feeling like I was trespassing.The place was immaculate in that expensive, untouched way. Everything was so pristine it almost felt sterile. There were no plants, no splashes of color to soften the edges. Even the air smelled cool, faintly metallic. There was nothing unnecessary in the place, only the things he absolutely needed. The lack of furniture made the penthouse feel larger, emptier—like a showroom instead of a home.On the second day here, I switched my phone off.Grayson had called until the battery threatened to give up entirely. Missed calls stacked on top of each other, voicemails I couldn’t bring myself to listen to. Maya was the only one I had contacted. She showed up to Corey's place within an hour, slightly angry but mostly worried. Telling her was enough to quiet the guilt, at least a little. She assured me she would take care of the boys—who wer