Chapter 357

• Helen glanced at me from the corner of her eye, a subtle mix of curiosity and caution in her gaze. I caught the faintest smile playing on her lips.
• I knew I looked composed calm, even confident. I’d worked hard to get here. The polished executive, the woman who’d rebuilt her life after divorce, forging her own path in this cutthroat corporate world. I could tell Helen noticed it too.
• “You’re not worried about Hazel?” she asked quietly, breaking the silence between us.