All Chapters of Dark Fate: The Useless Son-in-Law’s Vengeance: Chapter 71
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Two Sharp Women
“I want everyone in this room to stop and think,” she said. “Because what just happened here is not what you think it is.”Nobody moved.“That woman stood on this stage with nothing. No folder. No notes. No materials. Nothing.” She pointed at Sophia. “And you all sat there and clapped like she performed a miracle. But let me ask you something. How does a serious candidate walk into the most important presentation of her career completely empty handed?” She smiled but her eyes were not smiling at all. “She doesn’t. Unless she already knew what she was going to say. Unless someone gave her the material beforehand.”Murmuring moved through the room.Victoria took one step forward.“My proposal has been missing since this morning. A proposal that my team spent months building.” Her voice rose. “Every single thing she said up here today is in my document. Word for word. And I want to know how that is possible.”She looked directly at Sophia.“I want her disqualified.”The room was loud now
Come With Me
The doors opened and the applause followed Sophia out like it didn’t want to let her go.She stepped into the corridor and exhaled. One long quiet breath that she had been holding since Victoria climbed those stage steps. Her legs were steady but only just. Her hands were fine. Everything was fine. She was fine.She pressed her back against the wall for just a moment and closed her eyes.The midnight blue dress still had the coffee stain on it. Her folder was still in a bin somewhere. She had walked into that room with nothing and walked out with everything and her body hadn’t quite processed the distance between those two things yet.She heard footsteps.She opened her eyes.Adrian was walking toward her.He looked like he had been there the whole time, calm and unhurried, with his hands in his pockets, looking directly at her.Sophia straightened immediately.“Adrian.” She blinked. Then again. “You’re here.”“I’m here,” he said.“How?” She looked behind him, then back at his face. “