Chapter 153. Change of Plans

Natalya POV

I dismiss the useless styling team June dragged in here with one flick of my wrist. They scatter fast—good. I don’t have the patience for incompetence tonight.

As soon as the door shuts behind them, I dial my phone.

The line barely rings once.

“He is still at the store. The wine section,” a deep male voice reports.

Perfect.

A smile stretches across my lips—wide, triumphant. I end the call without another word.

I twirl around the room, humming as I reach for the wine bottle, and give myself generous pour, and a well-earned sip. Everything is falling exactly into place.

Hermes doesn’t remember June.

I just fired her.

I removed her from the board like the insignificant little pawn she is.

And Hermes… oh, Hermes looks at me the way he used to. As though I’m his constant, his comfort, and his ultimate choice.

The world finally feels right again.

But then— A thought creeps in, slithering into