Chapter 29 Chapter Twenty Nine

• CRYSTAL
• I bury myself in work, desperate to drown out the chaos consuming my life. My fingers fly across the keyboard, processing quarterly reports, reviewing contracts, anything to keep my mind occupied. Because when I stop, when I let my guard down for even a second, all I can think about is Kai.
• The office feels suffocating today. My father had asked me to drop the lawsuit against Alora, and his press conference shifted public opinion back in my favor. The comments sections have changed—people now see me as the victim who was unconscious during her own supposed "revenge plot," the daughter who was about to leave the country heartbroken. The narrative has flipped completely.