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The air in the corner office was still, thick with the scent of polished wood and silence. Vera, the architect of a fashion dynasty known as much for her frosty precision as for her designs, sat behind a vast desk of dark grain. She had all but decided on a more predictable hire before this applicant was shown in. Her legs crossed at the ankle, a file held loosely in one hand as she studied the woman seated across from her. you seemed slight, almost spectral against the room's severe lines. Vera placed the document down without a sound, her gaze lifting—a sharp, assessing pressure that seemed to map every nervous tremor. "So," she began, her voice a blade of quiet sound. "you." A pause, deliberate. "What, precisely, led you to believe you would excel in this role?" Her eyes remained loc…