Chapter 35

The chill running down my spine wasn't because Nicholas had successfully wrestled the project leadership from my grasp. Nor was it because my father-in-law had demanded my resignation without a second thought. It was because everything unfolding before my eyes matched exactly what that mysterious stranger had predicted. The project had indeed failed. Someone had stepped in to save it at the critical moment, just as foretold. He'd been right about everything. A bone-deep terror began spreading through me. My gaze darted suspiciously across each face in the conference room, wondering if he was among them—watching my reaction right now. After leaving the meeting, I haphazardly gathered my belongings. As I exited the office, snippets of conversation drifted to my ears. "Fired by the chairman after just one month in position. Just like Lily said, Helen doesn't know the first thing about business." "Everyone was speculating whether the VP position would go to Lily or Nicholas. Then she barge