Chapter 54: The CEO's Confession

The silence in the apartment was a living thing, heavy and suffocating. Micah’s question hung in the air between them, not as an accusation, but as a statement of fact that demanded an explanation. “The CEO of the Brewsley Group… Shouldn’t we have a talk?” Eileen’s shoulders, which had been tense with the anticipation of this moment, finally slumped. It was a posture of surrender, but also of profound relief. The secret she had carried for so long, a weight that had shaped her every...