He Dumped a Full Soda on My Blouse in Front of Fourteen Executives, Smiling Like He’d Just Won—But While Everyone Waited for Me to Break Down, I Simply Looked at the Clock and Started Counting Down

But Victor only shrugged as if the moment were a harmless joke.

The eyes of the entire room turned toward me.

They expected tears.

They expected anger.

They expected me to storm out of the room humiliated.