POV: Lucian Voss

I didn’t return to the office after Siena walked out of my building.

I couldn’t bring myself to go back.

For the first time in years, I canceled everything without hesitation. I told my assistant to wipe my schedule clean. No board meetings. No calls with investors. I skipped the lunch meeting I was supposed to have with the Minister of Commerce. I turned off my phone. I shut out the world.

And I sat in silence.

Not just any silence—but the kind that crawls under your skin and eats away at your peace. The kind that forces you to think about everything you’ve done and everything...