ivian's cramped apartment. She stood over her open suitc

t was an automated email from the Mer

ue to incomplete handover of core projects, your resignatio

ping. She had signed the NDA. She had taken the

front door rattled the cheap woode

the peephole. Gus Novak, Landon's massive per

mediately," Gus said through the door,

ore," Vivian shouted back.

ch warrant and press charges for the theft of trade secrets. While you are locked up waiting for t

cer legal team could bury her in litigation and keep he

pulled on a clean blouse over her cast, unlocked t

at the curb. Gus opened the

was standing back inside

s phone. When he saw her, he ended the

ivian demanded, her voice shaking wit

her sofa and sat down, crossin

l bills from your little driving accident," L

end the engagement dinner at the Concord

cial engagement party to Whitney. It

losed the distance between them. His eyes were f

don said, his voice dropping low. "I need you there to

hurned. "You are out of your

eached out to touch the w

d back, her eyes blaz

mid-air. His expressi

ce dropping to a lethal whisper, "I will terminate th

a giant, invisible hand had just reache

d by a Mercer real estate trust. He co

ng in front of her. Her fingernails dug into t

owerlessness drowned he

ced the word th

e. He walked to his desk, picked up a large,

s inside. B