for less than two seconds before tossing it back onto the desk. The glossy document slid acr

lt like it was han

ng with condescension, "are a joke. Two of them are on t

ration," Adelina countered, her voice tight. "Wit

and the first thing about risk." He gestured to a large screen on the wall, and a stock char

market value the day you decided to run away from your wedding. Your little f

al blow. The color drai

and tighten around his whiskey

r balance sheet. It's because of you. You are a woman who walks away from her commitments. You are unreliable. You are, in Wall Street ter

d to speak, to defend her grandfather's legacy

lling blow. "Apex will not be investing. In fact, I will be

this world of predators,

d tears, finding Gage's. "Is this what you wanted?" s

rs in her eyes, and his heart felt like it was being crushe

of his whiskey in one swallow. "I just came to confirm that you're as

cheek. She quickly wiped it away. She took a deep br

sk and picked up her proposal. She slid it

e glass doors, her back perfectly strai

t the kings in their castle. "One day," she vowed, her voi

he was

shut, the crystal whiskey gl

ac

dark and red, welled up, dripping from h

k of cruelty dropping. "Don't you

g the stock better have been an act," he snarled at his cousin, his voice a low growl. "I don't care how you humiliate her, but if you or an

cold rain soaked her red suit, plastering it to her skin and making her shiver uncontrollably. But the chill that ran through her bones w

clumsy. She scrolled through her contacts to

er the screen. Then

to a mask of grim determination. The time for playing by thei