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My Ex's Best Friend Is My Boss
  1. 1. The Signature on the Contract
  2. 2. The Slate-Blue Stare
  3. 3. The Waterfront Pier Pitch
  4. 4. Late Nights on Fourth Avenue
  5. 5. The Encounter at Pike Place
  6. 6. The Presentation at City Hall 🔒
  7. 7. The Shadow in the Lobby 🔒
  8. 8. The Truth on the 42nd Floor 🔒
  9. 9. Victoria's Silent Alliance 🔒
  10. 10. Rain on Bainbridge 🔒
  11. 11. Morning on the Sound 🔒
  12. 12. The First Audit Warning 🔒
  13. 13. Tracing the Digital Footprint 🔒
  14. 14. The Stress Test in the Lab 🔒
  15. 15. The State Board Hearing 🔒
  16. 16. Unmasking the Saboteurs 🔒
  17. 17. The Letter of Termination 🔒
  18. 18. Celebration Above Fourth Avenue 🔒
  19. 19. The Corner Office on 42 🔒
  20. 20. The Lakeside Memory 🔒
  21. 21. The Bellevue Subcontractor Ambush 🔒
  22. 22. Midnight at the Museum of History & Industry 🔒
  23. 23. The Scent of Pine and Graphite 🔒
  24. 24. The Unsent Letter 🔒
  25. 25. The Groundbreaking at Pier 58 🔒
  26. 26. The Storm on Queen Anne 🔒
  27. 27. The Bellevue Injunction 🔒
  28. 28. The Hearing at King County Courthouse 🔒
  29. 29. Late Night at the Ballard Locks 🔒
  30. 30. The Mid-Arc Milestone: Unconditional Trust 🔒
  31. 31. Driving the First Pile 🔒
  32. 32. The Corporate Desperation of Tyler Ross 🔒
  33. 33. The Seattle Design Festival Showcase 🔒
  34. 34. Rainy Night in Belltown 🔒
  35. 35. The Subpoena Delivered 🔒
  36. 36. The Geotechnical Breakthrough 🔒
  37. 37. Victoria's Confession 🔒
  38. 38. The Grand Jury Indictment 🔒
  39. 39. The Timber Pergola Prototype 🔒
  40. 40. Partners in Life and Architecture 🔒
  41. 41. Phase Two Announced 🔒
  42. 42. The Return of Arthur Vance 🔒
  43. 43. The Municipal Audit Demand 🔒
  44. 44. The Parametric Code 🔒
  45. 45. The Stolen Submission Alert 🔒
  46. 46. Landing in Singapore 🔒
  47. 47. The Confrontation at Marina Bay Sands 🔒
  48. 48. The Server Room Intruder Unmasked 🔒
  49. 49. Night in the Lion City 🔒
  50. 50. The WAF Tribunal Convenes 🔒
  51. 51. The Global Headlines 🔒
  52. 52. Return to Seattle as Champions 🔒
  53. 53. The Ethics Board Dismissal 🔒
  54. 54. The Timber Pavilion Models in the Shop 🔒
  55. 55. Tyler’s Plea Deal Offer 🔒
  56. 56. The Federal Plea Hearing 🔒
  57. 57. Restitution and the Foundation 🔒
  58. 58. Raising the Mass-Timber Arches 🔒
  59. 59. The Bainbridge Island Retreat 🔒
  60. 60. The Final Co-Conspirator Falls 🔒
  61. 61. The Final Timber Arch Installed 🔒
  62. 62. The Acoustic Tidal Chambers Activated 🔒
  63. 63. The Architectural Digest Feature 🔒
  64. 64. The City Council Phase Two Vote 🔒
  65. 65. Stolen No More 🔒
  66. 66. The Trial of Harrison Ross 🔒
  67. 67. Breaking Ground on Phase Two 🔒
  68. 68. The Architectural Keynote in Chicago 🔒
  69. 69. The Sterling Scholars Arrive 🔒
  70. 70. Autumn Shadows in Belltown 🔒
  71. 71. Moving into the Penthouse 🔒
  72. 72. Victoria Cross’s Sentencing 🔒
  73. 73. The Glulam Ribs of the Pavilion 🔒
  74. 74. Thanksgiving on Queen Anne 🔒
  75. 75. Winter Solstice on the Pier 🔒
  76. 76. The Submerged Observation Tunnel 🔒
  77. 77. Harrison Ross Sentenced 🔒
  78. 78. The Intertidal Living Reef 🔒
  79. 79. The Pritzker Nomination 🔒
  80. 80. Cherry Blossoms and New Horizons 🔒
  81. 81. Designing the Wedding Pavilion 🔒
  82. 82. The Pritzker Prize Award Ceremony in Paris 🔒
  83. 83. Phase Two Final Inspection 🔒
  84. 84. Tyler’s Letter from Prison 🔒
  85. 85. The Eve of the Ribbon Cutting 🔒
  86. 86. The Truth and Its Triumph 🔒
  87. 87. The Grand Opening Ribbon Cutting 🔒
  88. 88. The Public's Love 🔒
  89. 89. Restructuring the Firm 🔒
  90. 90. The Wedding Dress Fitting 🔒
  91. 91. The Bachelorette and Bachelor Gatherings 🔒
  92. 92. The Morning of the Vows 🔒
  93. 93. Walking Down Pier 58 🔒
  94. 94. Vows Beneath the Yellow Cedar 🔒
  95. 95. The Waterfront Reception 🔒
  96. 96. Midnight on the Prow 🔒
  97. 97. The Honeymoon in the San Juan Islands 🔒
  98. 98. Returning as Master Architects 🔒
  99. 99. The Next Generation of Blueprints 🔒
  100. 100. Milestones on Bedrock 🔒
  101. 101. The Legacy of Pier 58 🔒
  102. 102. The Foundation on Bainbridge Island 🔒
  103. 103. The New Life Announced 🔒
  104. 104. Moving to Bainbridge Bluff 🔒
  105. 105. On Equal Terms Forever 🔒

Chapter 7

The Shadow in the Lobby

My Ex's Best Friend Is My Boss · Devendra Katariya · 6 min read

The mood inside Vance Design Collective that afternoon was jubilant. Champagne corks popped in the design bullpen on the forty-first floor as team members celebrated their unanimous City Hall victory. Even the junior draftspersons were grinning, sharing slices of artisanal pizza as congratulations poured in from municipal partners. At five-thirty, Nora took the express elevator down to the ground-floor atrium of the Columbia Center to pick up a courier package…

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