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357 Meeting Astrid

357 Meeting Astrid

(Winona)

"Ready for the meeting?" Jayden asks, his voice warm and reassuring.

I force a smile. "Of course."

We head down the hall, past rows of glass-walled offices where people work silently behind screens. Everyone is dressed to perfection, every detall immaculate.

It's a far cry from the life I had back in the States, where chaos was the order of the day, juggling kids, work, and everything in between.

I'm trying to adjust, I really am, but this place is so different. So... emotionally cold,

"Astrid is in the meeting room. She isn't friendly but she keeps this place running like clockwork. Don't let her bother you. She's all about Nexus Global and she hates change."

As we approach the meeting room, the tension in my stomach tightens. I wonder if Sofia will be in there? Jayden opens the door, and I step inside, my eyes immediately landing on her. Astrid Koenig. Wow, I think even her short, sharp hair is too scared to fall out of place.

She's sitting at the head of the table, looking up from her tablet, and I instantly feel like a mouse under the gaze of a hawk. She stands to greet Jayden.

Her movements precise, calculated, every inch of her screaming authority. She's tall and incredibly slim.

"Astrid, this is my wife, Winona," Jayden says, smiling as though this is just a normal introduction. He clearly doesn't sense the frost in the air.

Astrid's eyes sweep over me.

being polite but really can't stand you breathing the same oxygen as

here's Astrid, younger, sharper, and every bit as good at it.

just looks at it and continues talking. "A pleasure," Astrid says, her voice smooth. "Welcome to

Global."

I reply, trying to keep my voice steady. But my palms are sweating,

if I've already ceased

to

"Great. Let's

I've had some

had

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357 Meeting Astrid

come and show

I'm getting

I'll be bringing her in on the transitions. She'll join us in all our dealings

a satisfied, close-lipped

not sure her face

to be a

She says stiffly and then proceeds to speak like I'm not even there about things I have no clue about.

outlines the outcomes for Nexus Global commitment to renewable

in my direction, and when she does, it's with an air of thinly veiled condescension. She doesn't want

leave a smaller footprint on the environment is very much in line with the family matters approach I'm wanting to

Sofia should have leftist the front desk.

I say, even though the last thing I want is to be left alone in this icy palace.

The polite façade drops, and I'm left facing a woman who isn't trying to hide her disapproval of me

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