Chapter 229

Valerio stormed into the office, and the moment his footsteps echoed across the marble floor, the entire atmosphere shifted. The cold, lethal aura that always clung to him like a second skin sucked the life out of the once-vibrant space. Conversations died mid-sentence, laughter faded, and a suffocating silence fell. Everyone buried their heads in work, too afraid to even breathe too loudly.

“Wher