The afternoon settled over São Paulo with a heavy grayness, mirroring the tension building inside the halls of T&R Enterprise. Thor stormed into the conference room with a dark expression, his eyes blazing with restrained fury. Celina’s absence had unsettled the entire rhythm of the company—but no one realized just how much.

Five members of the finance department sat around the table, visibly nervous. In the corner, a young woman fumbled with the stack of papers that Celina usually prepared wit