Hurt or Anger?

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The penthouse of Ruby Enterprises was no longer a sanctuary; it was a glass cage.

The penthouse of Ruby Enterprises was no longer a sanctuary; it was a glass cage

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Jennie paced the length of the room, her breathing shallow and ragged. On the wall-sized monitor, the red graphs of the morning had been replaced by a steady, terrifying climb of green.

The $400 billion "Legacy Commitment" funds were gone-vacuumed back into Lee Corporation as if they had never existed.

Her phone was a dead weight in her hand until she couldn't take the silence anymore. She dialed the encrypted number, her fingers trembling so violently she nearly dropped the device.

The call connected. No greeting. Just the heavy, rhythmic silence of the other side.

Jennie: Taehyung?! Are you even watching the monitors?! WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!

She didn't wait for him to speak. She was screaming now, her voice cracking with a mania that bordered on total breakdown.

Jennie: YN is back in the seat! SHE'S DISMANTLING EVERYTHING! The 400 billion is gone, the R&D teams are logging back in, and the German merger is back on the table! I THOUGHT YOU SAID SHE WAS NEUTRALIZED! I THOUGHT YOU SAID SHE WAS A GHOST!!!

She slammed her hand against the marble kitchen island, the sound echoing like a gunshot.

Jennie: She's fixing it, Taehyung! She's fixing the company in hours! If she gets full control, she'll come for me. She'll catch me! YOU TOLD ME I WAS THE 100% OWNER! You said-

Tae: Jennie.

His voice was a low, velvet hum that cut through her screeching like a blade through silk.

It was terrifyingly calm, devoid of the panic that was consuming her.

Tae: Relax.

Jennie: Relax?! What the fuck do you mean by "Relax", Taehyung?! HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM?! SHE'S WINNING!"

Tae: Is she?

A small, dark chuckle vibrated through the line.

Tae: Do you really think I'd let her walk back into that building if I didn't have a leash on the situation?

Jennie: The leash is breaking! The researchers... they're answering to her!
They wouldn't even look at my emails!

Tae: Let them. Let her gather her little geniuses. The more she 'fixes' the company, the more valuable it is when we finally take the whole thing.

He paused, completely manipulating her.

Tae: You're overreacting because you're looking at the surface. Don't look at the screen. Look at me. Have I ever led you into a trap you couldn't get out of?

Jennie stopped pacing, her chest heaving as she tried to catch her breath. She wanted to believe him.

She needed to believe him because the alternative was a prison cell.

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