Chapter 233

The next morning.

Isadora arrived at the design firm and went straight to her office.

Wendy blinked, hurried after her, and poked her head around the doorway.

"Isadora, you look exhausted! That thunderstorm last night really rattled you, didn't it?"

Slumped in her chair, Isadora barely managed a response. "Just had a nightmare, that's all."

Truth was, she'd hardly slept at all.

She'd tried every trick to drift off, but sleep had abandoned her completely.

Wendy clucked her tongue sympathetically. "Oof, sounds like that nightmare really did a number on you. You've got the biggest dark circles—I swear, you look like a raccoon."

Isadora pulled a compact out of her tote and glanced at her reflection.

She nearly jumped her face was so pale she looked like a ghost in a horror movie.

With a sigh, she dabbed on some foundation, covering up the evidence of her sleepless night.

over; she had several important client meetings

she showed up looking like this, the meetings would probably go nowhere. Seafarer Designs' biggest challenge was their lack of

the Horizon Architects competition, but nearly ten firms were competing for that job. Their chances were

meeting she could, hoping to drum up

barely had a moment

got back to Summit Crest Estates at night, Victor was never

whenever he wasn't coming home, he'd send her

Isadora could

to ask where he was or what he was

whim, changed his

been putting in overtime for days-her face looked as drawn as old

no idea what had gotten into Isadora lately; it was like her boss was hell- bent on cramming a year's worth of work into a single

only twenty, but the exhaustion was aging her decades—she felt like

evening, Wendy couldn't

meeting with clients non-stop. You should really get some rest. Working this late every night is just going to kill our productivity tomorrow, you

then that Isadora realized it was nearly

looked at Wendy's hopeful face and relented. "All right, go home. Let's call

Summit Crest Estates, Isadora realized

took a hot shower and crawled

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