Chapter 34
Author: Purplescent
last update2025-10-08 05:43:04
The lights in the office snapped back on. The entire executive floor was instantly flooded with harsh, sterile white light.

Ari blinked rapidly, momentarily disoriented by the intensity. The sudden illumination felt like a spotlight. She needed to be out. She had been foolish, reckless, and cruel, and the crushing weight of Xavier's trauma was becoming too much to bear. She had talked too much, asked too many questions, and now the lingering sense of his agony was starting to make her blame herself for her earlier words.

“You are such a big fool!” She scolded herself.

She jumped to her feet, her movement jerky and urgent, desperate to physically escape the emotional space they were in.

In the sudden brightness, she glanced at Xavier. She could have sworn she saw him swipe a hand across his cheek, wiping away a streak of moisture with furious speed. The vulnerability was gone in an instant, replaced by the familiar, granite-hard mask of the CEO.

He reached out and clicked off
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