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The Rumors

2025-09-21 21:22:58

Sarah sank deeper into her chair as Malik left, pressing her palms to her face while a quiet groan escaped her. The office grew still, broken only by her phone’s persistent buzzing across the desk. One notification after another lit up the screen—messages, missed calls, whispers turned urgent alerts. Outside her door, muted voices of staff drifted through, their hushed gossip filled with barely concealed curiosity.

Dragging her hands down, she forced herself upright. Her reflection in the glass panel opposite showed a woman who looked nothing like the radiant, hopeful leader she’d tried to be that morning. She smoothed her blouse, squared her shoulders and fixed her expression into calm composure. Not trying to show a single sign of weakness, not here.

But word of the fight had already moved faster than wildfire. Within an hour, a knock sounded light but insistent on her door.

“Who is there?” She asked.

With no response, three senior staff and two board members burst inside. Their f

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Doubtful Hearts
Michelle entered Sarah’s office without knocking, the door slamming against the wall with a force that betrayed the anger beneath his carefully polished smile. His suit was perfect. He seemed calm. However, his eyes showed something raw.Sarah, still standing near her desk after her mother’s visit, stiffened. She crossed her arms and faced him directly.“Why are you here, Michelle? After what just happened downstairs, do you really think barging into my office is the best idea?” She asked, her tone clipped. Michelle’s jaw tightened, but he forced a calm expression. “I came because we need to talk about him, about the risk he poses to you and to this company.”Sarah’s heart thudded against her ribs, but she refused to show weakness. “We can’t afford another scandal. Not now, not with Helios still undecided. Every move is being watched. If people think Roy Enterprises is unstable….”Michelle lifted a hand, cutting her off. “Which is exactly why he should never have been allowed in this
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Malik exited Sarah’s office with the same calm expression he had entered with. His stride was steady, his face unreadable, but behind his back his fists were clenched so tightly that the veins in his hands bulged. His control was a mask he wore with skill, but beneath it a storm roared.The corridor was alive with whispers. Staff members, emboldened by gossip and the poison that now followed his name, didn’t even bother lowering their voices anymore. Their words cut through the air like jagged glass.“Thief.”“Leech… what a poor, arrogant guy.”“He’s the reason she’s sinking.”One woman sneered as she passed, almost pointing a finger in his face. “She’ll ruin herself if she keeps letting him in.”Another man muttered, just loudly enough, shaking his head.Malik’s jaw tightened. Every insult burned, not because of the venom they aimed at him, but because he knew Sarah would hear those same whispers. He could endure humiliation. He had endured worse—bullets, betrayals, the battlefield’s
The Rumors
Sarah sank deeper into her chair as Malik left, pressing her palms to her face while a quiet groan escaped her. The office grew still, broken only by her phone’s persistent buzzing across the desk. One notification after another lit up the screen—messages, missed calls, whispers turned urgent alerts. Outside her door, muted voices of staff drifted through, their hushed gossip filled with barely concealed curiosity. Dragging her hands down, she forced herself upright. Her reflection in the glass panel opposite showed a woman who looked nothing like the radiant, hopeful leader she’d tried to be that morning. She smoothed her blouse, squared her shoulders and fixed her expression into calm composure. Not trying to show a single sign of weakness, not here.But word of the fight had already moved faster than wildfire. Within an hour, a knock sounded light but insistent on her door.“Who is there?” She asked.With no response, three senior staff and two board members burst inside. Their f
Shattered Calm
The sharp crack of Malik’s fist against Michelle’s jaw still echoed faintly in the air when Sarah rushed down the stairs. From the second floor, the noise had reached her like the growl of a brewing storm. She pushed through the last step, her heart hammering.As she got there, the lobby floor stretched before her, wide and polished but now marred by chaos. Employees had formed a loose circle, their eyes bright with excitement and fear. Phones dangled half-raised in uncertain hands. And at the center stood Malik and Michelle, with rumpled shirts and both breathing hard.Sarah’s voice sliced through the air.“What’s going on here?!”The sound cracked like a whip. The crowd froze, silence dropping instantly. Heads turned toward her with guilty eyes darting away as though they’d been caught watching something indecent.Both men straightened hurriedly, tugging at their collars and cuffs, trying to smooth out the violence that still clung to their postures. Malik’s jaw was tight, his fists
Breaking Barriers
Sarah sped home as fast as she could, exhaustion weighing heavily on her every move. Her heels made soft, rhythmic clicks against the polished marble floor as she pushed open the door and the weight of the day pressed on her shoulders like a thousand stones. She set her bag down on the console table and dropped the folded ledger Malik had given her onto the dining table. The paper seemed to glare at her, demanding answers she didn’t have.Her chest rose and fell heavily as she exhaled a long sigh. She feels herself drawn to the humiliation at the board meeting and the whispers that followed her out of the office, she felt like she was balancing on the edge of a cliff, waiting for the final shove.A knock on the door interrupted her thoughts. Sarah didn't respond before her mother burst inside, elegant as always, though her eyes carried the sharpness of someone already bracing for bad news.“What now, Sarah?” her mother asked, her voice clipped. “What’s your plan? The company is collap
Unwanted Savior
Sarah set out of her office determined to make her next move. Sarah stormed through the glass doors with her head held high, though her insides were splintering. The echo of raised voices of accusations, doubts, even her own mother’s silence still rang in her ears. Every step down the corridor felt heavier, dragging shame and fury along with her.Behind her, whispers slithered like smoke.“Can she even handle this?”“Helios will blacklist us forever.”“She’s just like her father…. reckless. I wonder what Paul Roy would do this time.”Sarah ignored them all, she didn’t dare turn around as the threat was tight around her.By the time Sarah reached the lobby, the buzz had already reached the journalists waiting like vultures. Cameras flashed, microphones thrust into her path.“Ms. Roy! Did Helios cancel the deal?”“Was there fraud involved?”“Are you stepping down as CEO?”The questions struck like darts. Sarah kept her gaze locked on the revolving doors ahead. She pushed through without

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