Chapter 203

“With due respect, gentlemen I know exactly what I walked into.” Cassie’s voice cut cleanly through the quiet exchange among the Petrov men.

Holding herself steady took effort. Her pulse was loud, insistent, but none of it reached her voice. She kept it firm. Controlled.

The room’s attention shifted to her at once. For a second, she almost wished she had stayed silent. But that option was gone. There was no stepping back-not here, not in front of men like these.

“I’m also aware that by now, you’ve already gone through my background. My history. Everything that can be found.” She met their gazes, one by one, refusing to look away.

A brief pause. Then she continued.

“But as I told CEO Vasili Wright earlier, I’m not here to defend myself-or Malakai Group.”

Her fingers pressed lightly against the table, grounding herself.