Chapter 52

Vera

Finally, after two hours, Declan dismisses everyone.

"Vera. Stay."

The room empties. Just us. The silence is suffocating.

"We need to address the elephant in the room," he says.

"Which one? There are several."

He doesn't smile. "Us. What we are. How we present this to the team, to the board, to…”

"Maybe we shouldn't," I interrupt.

He stops. "What?"

"Present it. Us. Maybe we should…” I force t