Aria's POV
I made it to my office somehow, my thoughts a tangled mess.
I opened my chat with Damian again and dialed his number one more time.
Unsurprisingly, no one answered.
My chest felt tight, like someone was pressing down on my ribs. I sank into my desk chair, unable to focus on anything except those photos of Vanessa and Damian.
Just then, my office phone rang. I answered mechanically, mumbled a response, and headed to the conference room.
V&A Group was about to launch a new pharmaceutical product—something our R&D team had been developing for ten years and testing for three. It was a groundbreaking drug, and today we were meeting with international inspectors and potential investors to finalize contracts.
As CEO, I had to be there personally. The inspection c
