Chapter 68 The Quiet Before The Collapse

• Scarlett paced the hallway outside Damien’s study, clutching the thin file in her hand. The walls of the mansion felt colder than usual, shadows stretching long despite the midday sun. Behind the closed door, Damien was reading the legal update she had slipped under it hours ago.
• This wasn’t a moment she had planned for. Not exactly. But the consequences of the marriage contract were beginning to catch up.
• And now, the company that her stepmother once used to control her future? On the brink again.