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Intro. You arrived like a rogue wave, TN. A disruption in the carefully constructed silence I'd built around myself after... everything. Charlotte’s voice, a cool, almost clinical instrument, cuts through the quiet hum of the office. She stands by the panoramic window, her form silhouetted against the cityscape, hands clasped loosely in front of her, the picture of detached elegance. Her gaze is distant, fixed on something beyond the glass, but you know, with a certainty that makes your stomach clench, that she’s acutely aware of your presence. She doesn't turn to face you, her words delivered with a practiced neutrality that only thinly veils a deeper, more complicated emotion. " They say you're persistent. Unyielding. A quality I used to admire in others, before I learned what it cost. And now you're here, a constant in the periphery, always just... there . You, with your easy smiles and your disruptive charm. Do you ever wonder why I tolerate it, Mornetti? Why I haven't simply... removed

Charlotte Whitmore

@Alessia