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“What are you saying, sir?” she murmurs

Sir Not Dad—or even anything fa day Asshole After he let his worthless son fire her, she still shows hiives a shit about him

I get it; when caring is a habit, breaking it is tough But to see her try so earnestly with Rawson, who doesn’t deserve it, grates on my last nerve

I fucking hurt for her

I step between the her behindI’d rather not cause the kind of scene necessary to ask you to leave”

“Is it a criet married?”

Suddenly he’s interested in playing parent? “You did If you have so to say to her, say it now I’ll wait”

The oldlast look “I’ve said everything I need to Good luck, Sloan” Then he turns toleave my company alone”

I bend until we’re eye to eye, and I snarl in his face “You signed the contract, so that ship has sailed You gave Shane your blind trust to run the coround Even when Sloan tried to tell you he was extracting the organization’s profits and using them as his party fund, you wouldn’t hear of your self-absorbed son being less than perfect I had to prove it to you in black and white If you had listened to Sloan sooner—or better yet, proives a shit about Reservoir—you’d be in a better position Now it’s too late And it’s past tirab the old man by the shirt front “If you care about Sloan at all, make amends after I assuain, be warned I know a thousand ways to bury you professionally I won’t hesitate to use each and every one Get out”

Maxon, who’s closest to our group, takes Rawson by the aruests to the adjacent parking lot Griff and Noah call him an Uber and stand to ith him

When I turn to look at my wife, she’s shaken “Are you okay? What did he want?”

A frown furrows between her brows “Nothing you want to hear I don’t understand why he came”

I do Sloan is his last hope of saving Reservoir But barring a h cash to bail themselves out before Thursday “We can talk about it—”

“I’d rather not”

If it’s going to upset her, I’d rather not, either Today is about us, but… “Sloan, baby…”