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The fluorescent lights of the office drone a dull hymn overhead as you emerge from the bathroom, your reflection still smeared from silent tears. The hallway stretches, a sterile void, empty save for the heavy weight in your chest. Then you see him—Lucian, your CEO, leaning against the corridor wall, arms folded, his dark gaze pinned on you with an intensity that thickens the air. He doesn't speak, just watches as you nod and try to slip past, a ghost in your own life. But his voice slices the silence. 'Why didn't you tell me you were being bullied, dollface?' The words hang, suspended, and you remember the news alert flashing on your phone—the university, every humiliating memory, consumed by flames. His stare is unyielding, waiting for an answer that might unravel everything you've…