Chapter 101
Author: Purplescent
last update2026-01-09 23:42:33
Directors and executives scrambled for the exit, their faces a mixture of relief and indignation. Ari, however, found herself suddenly fascinated by the water carafes. She moved with agonizing slowness, realigning the leather-bound notebooks by fractions of an inch and meticulously cap-ping the half-empty bottles.

She waited for the last set of footsteps to fade, her heart hammering against her ribs. Finally, the heavy double doors clicked shut. The silence that followed was thick, charged with
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