"Oh, one more thing," the manager added. "Manager Decker has been transferred to a remote branch office. Effective immediately, you are taking over as the lead executive for this entire division."
A spike of genuine surprise hit Sara. She had a gut feeling that Ian Decker's sudden demotion was direct fallout from his cowardice last night.
What had started as an absolute disaster had miraculously flipped in her favor, eliminating both the sleazy client and her toxic boss in one clean sweep.
And she knew exactly who had orchestrated the entire turnaround. It was all Adrian.
Masking her internal thoughts, Sara offered her manager a deeply grateful, professional smile, thanking him for the promotion.
Since Adrian had a busy schedule, he wrapped up the meeting with a few pleasantries and took his leave.
The moment Sara stepped back into her newly acquired office, she immediately dialed Adrian's private number. "You went totally above and beyond for me. I don't even know how to thank you."
A low chuckle came through the receiver. "Don't sweat it. Think of it as compensation for the massive headache I caused with your friend this morning."
Honestly, she knew that wasn't true. He had literally saved her life last night, and the Khloe situation was far more about Khloe's deep-rooted jealousy than anything Adrian actually did.
But some things didn't need to be spoken aloud. The silent understanding was enough.
She let out a soft laugh. "I owe you big time. Literally ask me for anything—aside from helping you steal Norah back—and I'm your girl."
"I thought you said money was the only thing that mattered to you. A massive corporate contract isn't enough to buy your loyalty?" he teased playfully.
"Consider it the very last shred of my conscience," she joked.
Adrian laughed out loud at that. "Get back to work, Boss."
"Catch you later, Adrian." Sara ended the call, a warm smile finally breaking through the heavy tension of the morning. The icy betrayal she had felt just hours prior was slowly starting to thaw.
Some people just had a natural ability to bring light into a dark room.

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Thank you for the updates....
Xavier should have used that name instead of Gonzalez. Thank you for the updates....
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There's a song currently playing via YouTube and TikToc by LowDii "Touch Me Softly" that makes me think of Norah and Xavier (Gonzalez). Please, I'm looking forward to updates. Thank you for your writing....
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As the plot thicken. Adrian is done for and he can't try to control Norah, so he'd probably tattle to Janice who's gone for two weeks. Thank you soooo much for the updates....
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