Chapter 95

Chapter 95

Lucas’s Pov

That night, I finally got some sleep, the kind that dragged me into a dreamless void and refused to let go.

I’d been running on fumes, and by the time I woke up, the sun was already up, streaming in through the blinds.

I had to face another day,.a day I needed to spend fixing everything that had been slipping through my hands.

After getting ready, I grabbed the briefcase that held the latest presentation of my project, the one I’d been pouring my energy into in hopes it might redeem everything.

It was an ambitious venture, something I believed in, something I hoped the business world would believe in too. I needed to make this work; it was my one shot at redemption.

I spent the morning driving from one company to the next, my GPS guiding me through the congested streets as I rehearsed my pitch in my head, trying to keep my voice steady and my mind focused.

The first meeting was at a tech company downtown, a sleek, glass-fronted building that gleamed in the m