HANNAH

The woman at the desk didn't look at me again. She kept her eyes fixed on the guard as he stopped right beside me.

"Take her up," she said to the man, her voice completely flat. Then, she finally shifted her icy gaze back to me, giving a curt nod. "Go with him. He'll show you to the CEO's office."

I swallowed nervously, a thick lump forming in my throat. "The... the CEO's office?" I echoed, my voice barely a whisper. "Wait, I thought—"

"He's waiting," she interrupted smoothly, dismissing me entirely as she turned back to her computer screen and began typing rather furiously.

The security guard tapped...