Liana’s POV
Dominic Hale, the man who once owned half the skyline, stood in front of reporters, investors, and cameras not to make an announcement, not to sell an empire, but to dismantle it.
Liana watched from her office as the livestream played across her screen. She hadn’t been invited. She wasn’t sure she would’ve gone even if she had been.
The press had gathered in droves, hungry for a story. They expected another comeback, another power play.
Instead, Dominic appeared without the polish or poise they remembered, just a man in a dark suit that looked suddenly too big for him, hair slightly disheveled, eyes clear in a way she hadn’t seen in years.
He stood behind a single podium, no company logo behind him, no PR team in sight. The cameras clicked. The world leaned closer.
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Li
