The Billionaire's Intern (Maya Thompson) novel Chapter 477

The silence that followed wasn’t normal.

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It didn’t feel like confusion. It felt controlled. Measured.

Like everyone in that room had collectively decided, without a word, that this moment needed to be contained before it could spiral further.

Cruz didn’t react immediately.

Years of training under pressure-reading rooms, controlling emotion, holding a role without breaking character-kept his expression steady even as the situation tightened around him.

But internally, he had already adjusted.

This wasn’t something he could handle emotionally.

The only way through this was to stay in character.

To respond the way Nicholas Ashcroft would.

Unfortunately for her-Cruz knew exactly what kind of man Ashcroft was supposed to be. And this was not a situation to handle gently.

Emotion had no place here.

Only control. Only power.

His expression cooled completely.

Then, slowly, a faint smirk appeared on his face. Sharp and mocking. The kind that made the difference in status painfully obvious without him needing to say it directly.