er stomach churned violently. The nausea wasn't just stress anymore;
ushed to the employee restroom. She barely made i
r, gasping for air, tears prick
mouth at the sink, she looked
makeup bag. She took one
kay? You loo
a weak smile
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everyone's computer simultaneously. An
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ra gasped.
ist of senior designers, directors... and ther
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tion. Some looks were confused, others were openly hostil
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rched toward the elevators.
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oard meeting,
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handed her a folded piece of
d it. Ezra's handwriting was
ove you are not just a pre
to design. He knew she was talented-or at least, he suspected she had po
zzed. A text
n Week? That's huge. We can turn this into a
e refused to be seen with her at industry events because it "comp
Ezra's list. Becaus
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back. "Let's talk
her phone pinged again. A
ing s
camera in the corner of the wai
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ply. "Finley left something
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said, his tone leavin
receptionist, a girl who usually ignored her
said this
tting on a concrete bench nea
of simple, strong ginger broth wafted out. It was a generic rem
was no
of being angry that she might be hind
was... kind. In a twi
through her chest, settling her
as parked in the shadows. The tinted r
His face was obscured by the darkness of the car's int
ty logs from the pharmacy
Ezra in the rearview mirror. "And the footage from th
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in her hand. It was a high-end brand, likely worth more than her w
er to the trash can and dropped the expensive thermo
s he watched her walk
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