Chapter 87

Vivian had always prided herself on making calculated decisions, cutting through the noise and focusing on what really mattered. But that was before everything changed. Before she learned that betrayal, deceit, and loss could come from the most unexpected places. She remembered the day she walked into the room, feeling a familiar, icy silence hanging in the air. Cassandra had just returned from a long, solitary trip one that took her thousands of miles to get to Rafael. As she sat down, Vivian could see the weight of the world pressing down on her, but beneath the surface, there was something more. Something fierce.