The room fell into a suffocating and oppressive silence, one that seemed to press down upon each of them with invisible weight. It was not the kind of silence that brought peace or clarity, but rather the kind that lingered with unspoken thoughts, unresolved guilt, and the quiet acknowledgment of truths that none of them could easily escape. Even the faint sounds from outside the private room, the distant clinking of utensils and muffled conversations, felt as though they belonged to another world entirely, one that had nothing to do with the heaviness that now settled within these four walls.
No one moved. No one spoke. It was as if Leo's words had carved something deep into the space between them, leaving behind an emptiness that demanded to be filled, yet none of them knew how.
Then, unexpectedly, Silas broke the silence. "I will give him all my shares in SAFA Pharmaceutical," he said.
