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I’d drive to tell Tyler tonight I squeezeddisappoint you down I clutched atme

I’d trusted Leo with not only my future, but Tyler’s

“Zara” Leo’s voice assaultedthe room was thick and heavy with excited conversation Their acquisition would mean even more expansion Even more

else I could do I could sell the furniture As quickly as that flashed into my head I dismissed it I’d rather sleep in an e I’d have to find another way to pay for it I’d hung everything on the hope of winning this job

Every beautiful piece of furniture was going back to Leo I’d slept on the floor before Besides, it would be less to deal hen I was evicted Maybe I could crash with Stella for a bit That would giveout for Tyler I could donate plass to make extra cash

Pushing my chair away from the table, spots danced in front of my face Was this what it felt like just before you passed out? The door to the conference roo was drowned out by the desperation filling my veins

Leo broke through the haze of doom I was trapped in “Zara” But I couldn’t be the least bit relieved My rescuer had turned into my villain

“What did you do?”

“I had to call the guys in after you left Hunter gaveI was up until 5a on it with them”

“You let hilower drilled intoa s look of satisfaction that turnedlike a beacon in my chest “You said you had this handled, Zara”

“I told you, Daddy She wasn’t up to it” Her snide voice was nails driven into my eardrums

“It see tone barely scratched the surface of the groundswell of e away at me “This is unacceptable, especially since this could’ve led to a partnership with the Waverly Group” Bill seethed, keeping the sih for my ears only “You’re fired”

No crying Breathe A shortness of breath threatened to collapse s Valerie had said far worse tothe final nail into my coffin with his words

The certainty in ht, and I was standing outside the raging inferno, trying to decide whether to throw myself on the blaze next

I wanted to sla from the room All the times he’d whispered his sords, ones I’d always felt were only for other wohim into my bed and my heart?