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YOU HAVE TAKEN YOUR FIRST STEP
"I...." Ethan had barely begun speaking when the sharp vibration of his phone interrupted him, cutting through the moment with an insistence that could not be ignored. His gaze dropped briefly to the screen before he raised it slightly, his expression remaining calm as if nothing had truly disrupted him."I need to take this call," he said, gesturing lightly with the phone in his hand.Scarlett looked at him for a second, her eyes searching his face as if trying to read something unspoken, before she gave a small nod without questioning him further."Go ahead," she replied. "I’ll be waiting."Ethan inclined his head slightly in acknowledgment before turning away, his steps steady and unhurried as he walked out of the hall. The door closed behind him with a soft sound, and the controlled atmosphere of the room faded into a quieter, more isolated silence in the corridor outside.The hallway was empty, the distant hum of the building barely audible as he answered the call and brought
AUTHORITY SPEAKS LOUDER THAN LIES
"Ms. Scarlett, I’ve heard a lot about you," Charlie said as he stepped forward with a polite smile, his tone was carefully measured, as if he weighed every word before speaking. "I’ve always admired the way you handle your company. You could say… I’m a huge fan of you and your working style. In many ways, you’re a role model to me." Scarlett didn’t even try to hide her reaction.A faint scoff escaped her as she looked at him, her expression calm but laced with unmistakable disdain."I thought Jenny would be your role model," she replied coolly. "Considering how you’re practically glued to her all the time." The words landed lightly, but they cut deeper than imagined.Charlie’s smile stiffened for a fraction of a second before he recovered."It’s not like that," he said, as if he was in a rush to clarify, "Jenny and I are just close. She’s my best friend. Ethan is the one who always cared about her, but… he was never really there when she needed him. I only stepped in to help my brot
STAY CLOSE
"Are you always this certain about things you refuse to explain, or do you only do that when it suits you?"Scarlett’s voice broke the morning silence, calm yet edged with curiosity as she stood by the large glass window of her office, the city stretching endlessly beneath her gaze.The previous night had been far from quiet.Without hesitation, Scarlett had dismissed every member of the Carvendish family, including her niece Jenny, under the simple pretext of a headache. The excuse itself may have sounded unconvincing coming from someone like Scarlett Caspian, yet none of them dared to question it.They left without a word, but not without resentment.Their gazes had lingered on Ethan, sharp and filled with unspoken hostility, as if he were the reason behind everything that had unfolded.Ethan, however, had not spared them a single glance.As always, he simply ignored them.Ethan, seated across from Scarlett with a file open in his hands, did not look up immediately."I never refuse
THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE
"Did your father fail to discipline you, or did you simply grow up believing you could touch or run your mouth on whoever you pleased?" The sharp sound of the slap echoed through the executive office before anyone could fully process what had just happened.Jenny’s head snapped to the side, her cheek reddening instantly as silence fell over the entire room.Scarlett’s hand lowered slowly, her expression completely unchanged, as if what she had just done required no explanation.Jenny stood frozen for a brief second, her eyes widened with disbelief as she looked back at Scarlett, the shock far louder than the pain."You...." she started, her voice trembling slightly, but Scarlett did not allow her to continue."You will watch your actions and your words while you stand in my company, when you stand in my company, you abide by my rules.” Scarlett said coldly. "This is not your house, and he is not someone you get to lay your hands on."The room remained silent, not a single person move
THE MAN WHO NEVER NEEDED THE SPOTLIGHT
"Explain to me how this passed an internal review without raising a single flag." Scarlett’s voice was calm, but it carried a quiet pressure that made the air inside the executive office feel heavier than it already was.The file in front of her lay open across the desk, several pages marked, annotated, and cross-referenced with precision that left little room for error, yet the numbers printed across those sheets refused to align in any way that could be called natural.It was not a mistake.It was too clean for that.Ethan stood on the opposite side of the desk, his posture relaxed but his attention entirely focused on the documents she had been reviewing.He did not speak immediately.Instead, he reached forward and turned one of the pages slightly, his gaze moving across the columns of figures with quiet concentration."This section," he said after a moment, his tone even, "the transfers are consistent, but the timing isn’t.... Maybe you need to concentrate on timing rather than
FROM PAPERWORK TO STREET FOOD
"Different?" Ethan raised an eyebrow, a hint of curiosity surfacing in his expression as he looked at her, clearly intrigued by how unaffected she seemed by the way people spoke about her.Scarlett met his gaze and smiled faintly, not offended, not defensive, simply… certain."I know what you’re thinking, Ethan," she said calmly. "And you should remember one thing… no matter what people say about you, it doesn’t change what you actually are." Ethan remained silent, his eyes fixed on her as she continued."Let them hate you, let them isolate you, let them criticize you, insult you, humiliate you… even abandon you if they want," she continued, her voice steady, almost indifferent. "People do that when they can’t reach your level, when they know they can’t stand against you, so they try to pull you down instead." There was no anger in her tone, only quiet certainty."And the day you rise high enough," she added, "those same people will stand in front of you pretending they were always
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