Ella POV
One word: speechless. I couldn't have brought such bad luck, could I? No, surely not. Right? I mean, how does one person's presence cause that kind of catastrophe? Okay, let me start from the beginning.
I woke up early today. No, not for the game—though now I wish I'd just stayed in bed—but for an appointment. It started like any other—except it wasn't. It was one of those rare, important days that held the potential to shift the trajectory of my entire life. The kind of day where every detail matters and every second feels weighted with purpose. It was an important one. I couldn't afford to mess it up. After all, I'm trying to build my name in the business world, and anything below excellence? That's not me. I was meeting with the CEO of Black Empire to finalize and sign the contract that would officially make me the second-largest shareholder of the company. Yep, you read that right. Me.
