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r, the sound echoing in the sudden silence. My body screame

he heavy air, "I'll be transferring my majority shares in InnovateNext

almost panicked anger. "Are you out of your mind, Juliana?! InnovateNext? Do you know what you're doing? Those sha

wling garden where Elwin and Debbra were laughing, chasing butterflies. A vision of domestic bliss I woul

ping into my voice, despite my efforts to suppress it. My eyes, though

Regret? I couldn't tell. He opened his mouth, then closed it, his sh

walked away, leaving him standing alone in the dining room, the am

, my inexplicable calm, clearly baffled him. He didn't understand. He couldn't. He thought I was being selfless, or

peace, but not the storm brewing beneath the surface. He saw m

ith every step. My face, I knew, held a serene, almost detached expression. My

His usual arrogance had vanished, replaced by a raw vulnerability I had never

compared to the lifetime of regret I had meticulously planned for him. My calm was unsettling to him, a silent threat he co

a burden finally being shed. My voice, t

d world. My outward calm unsettled him, a premonition of something he could

lent promise of the chaos to come. My voice, soft but