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    Tears spilled down Gracie’s cheeks, filling the elevator with a heavy atmosphere. The employees who had overheard the exchange couldn’t help but sigh, their hearts aching for Gracie’s misfortune.

    Brenna observed Gracie calmly, thinking how shrewd she was. Most would bury such matters deep inside, but Gracie openly shared it with everyone, seemingly seeking their sympathy.

    Gracie’s ability to turn herself into the victim genuinely surprised Brenna. For someone who had once enjoyed the life of a pampered heiress, Gracie certainly knew how to pull at people’s heartstrings and gain sympathy. One by one, her coworkers began to see Gracie in a new, more sympathetic light. Now, if Brenna said anything remotely harsh to Gracie, it would instantly make her look like the viin.

    It was obvious now that Gracie was much more cunning than she let on.

    With the entire crowd siding with Gracie, Brenna realized she had to tread carefully. Instead of confronting Gracie directly, she decided to y it cool and asked, “So, what exactly did your dad do to make your ex-husband retaliate like that?”

    Brenna’s question shifted the mood. Curiosity reced the earlier sympathy, and suddenly everyone was waiting for Gracie’s answer.

    Caught off guard by the question, Gracie hesitated, herposure slipping. Brenna wasn’t known for being blunt, but today, her question nearly cornered her. The truth was, her father wasn’t some innocent man; he’d crossed a line and paid the price. But Gracie didn’t want people to know that.

    When the silence stretched on, Brenna added, “It’s alright if you’d rather not share.”

    This way, everyone could specte and investigate the matter on their own, making it more convincing.

    The elevator dinged at the fifty-eighth floor, and Brenna stepped out. The moment she reached her office, her phone buzzed; a lunch invitation from Darwin popped up.

    Brenna barely nced at the message before putting her phone aside.

    Her mood had already soured after running into Gracie, and the thought of seeing Gracie around the office and potentially cozying up to Ethan was enough to make her frustrated.

    Brenna found herself thinking about reasons to check on things on Ethan’s end, just in case Gracie tried to get closer to him.

    Her mind was racing when Thiago walked in, a stack of documents in hand. He set them down on her desk.

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    “Our proposal for the office building is ready; take a look,” he said. “It’s a Landmoor Decoration Company design.”

    Brenna flipped through the pages and quickly got drawn in, the details pushing every other thought out of her mind.

    The n was neatly organized,plete with visuals and technical specs.

    Thiago exined, “We went through several revisions for this final version. See if there’s anything you’d like to change. If it all looks good, we’ll wrap up this stage. Next week, we’ll open the bidding for construction, and in a couple of years, we’ll finally have our own office building.”

    A genuine smile broke through on Brenna’s face. She’d dreamed of a ce like this for years, and now, it was finallying together.

    She lingered over one page in particr, her eyes catching on a detail that needed a second look. Something about that part of the design just didn’t sit right.

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