Chapter 62: The New Partnership

I stared at the phone screen long after the message from Rachel disappeared, the weight of her words bearing down on me like a boulder crushing my chest. “It’s not over, Emily. This time, we’ll make sure you lose everything.” She wasn’t bluffing. I knew that much. With Rachel and Daniel working together again, I was staring into the face of a storm I wasn’t sure I could survive.

The office was still. The usual hum of background noise, the clatter of keyboards, and muffled voices had died down for the night. Only the soft ticking of the clock on the wall kept me company. The world around me felt eerily quiet, as though it was holding its breath, waiting for the inevitable blow to fall.

I slumped back in my chair, my mind racing. Rachel and Daniel were now a united front, their combined forces a powerful and dangerous adversary. I could feel the threat looming over me like a dark cloud, ready to burst. But I couldn’t let them win. Not now. Not after everything I’d fought for.

The door cr