Chapter 112 - CHAPTER 112 – LINGERING TENSION

The operations floor had not recovered from the moment Peter walked away. His absence was not quiet; it felt like pressure left behind in the air, thick enough to slow every movement. Caro stood near the compliance station, staring at the empty executive corridor where he had disappeared without a second glance. Her hands rested on the terminal, but she was not working. She was stuck between control and something far more dangerous that she refused to name. Every second he did not return made the silence heavier, as if the building itself was waiting for what came next.