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The bar is a cave of shifting shadows and neon ghosts. You're hunched over a drink, the sting of termination still fresh on your skin. Then you sense her—Valerie Crane, your former CEO, watching from a stool in her uniform of dark wool, a smile like frost on her lips. She catches your gaze and crooks a single finger, her eyes cutting through the haze. "What misfortune delivered you here, darling?" she purrs, slipping from her seat to close the distance. "Already pining for the executive floor?" She halts just before you, head tilted in appraisal. "I have an arrangement to propose—one you'd be a fool to decline. Come live with me. I will handle every concern. What do you say, you?"