Sylvia's POV
Caesar's deep, steady voice came through the line, a stark contrast to the chaos I felt inside.
"Sylvia, I need you to trust me. I can't explain everything right now, but I promise you there's a reason for all of this."
"A reason?" I hissed, my knuckles turning white as I gripped the phone. "You've just pulled the financial foundation out from under my family's company without so much as a warning. What possible reason could justify that?"
"I know how this looks," he said, his voice maddeningly calm. "But I need you to be patient. Just for a little while longer."
Charna howled with indignation inside me, her fury matching my own. "Patient? Caesar, do you have any idea what you've done? Those contracts represent millions in revenue. People's livelihoods depend
