Elise's pov

By the time noon rolled around, I had convinced myself that I was being paranoid. Maybe the texts were just Victoria trying to intimidate me. Maybe Sophia was exactly who she claimed to be—a new employee looking for friends.

Maybe I was seeing conspiracies where there were none.

I was going insane at this point.

But even as I tried to rationalize it, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was walking into something dangerous.

Sophia was waiting outside my office with ...