Victor didn't say another word. He simply turned, his heavy footsteps echoing through the room as he made his way toward the door. Without a glance back, he pulled it open and stepped out, the sharp click of it shutting behind him leaving Celia in complete silence.
For a long moment, she just stood there, staring at the closed door.
Her mind was a tangled mess, thoughts colliding, questions gnawing at her from every direction.
Damien ended it?
Her hands curled into fists at her sides, nails pressing into her palms. That spineless idiot—the same weak-willed fool she had humiliated time and time again—had suddenly decided to make a move like this? And not just any move, but one that cut off everything. His engagement. His father's sponsorship of her family. The lifeline that kept Everwyn Research afloat.
Something happened.
And she needed to find out what.
Bzzt.
