Chapter 73

LYDIA’S POV

The days after Blair’s visit passed more quietly than I expected.

Too quietly.

At first, I kept waiting for something bad to happen. Every morning I walked into work expecting another disaster, another humiliation, another trap set by her. But nothing came.

There were no strange calls. No confrontations. No sabotage. And slowly, I began to breathe again.

I focused on my work, arriving