Chapter 15: Shattered Glass

I sat in the empty boardroom, my mind numb as the magnitude of my defeat settled in. The room that had once been the battlefield of my ambitions now felt like a tomb, cold and desolate. I couldn’t remember how long I had been sitting there, staring at the table where moments before, my entire world had come crashing down.

Ethan hovered nearby, his face a mixture of guilt and frustration. He had been speaking, trying to offer some kind of comfort, but his words barely registered. I was too consumed by the crushing weight of my failure, the realization that all my meticulous planning, all my sacrifices, had been for nothing.

Finally, I found the strength to speak, my voice barely more than a whisper. “How did she know, Ethan? How did she find out?”

Ethan’s expression darkened, his fists clenching at his sides. “I don’t know, Sophia. We

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