security badge and pushed open the glass doo

an empty c

d of employees was gathered around th

sk in the middle of th

out," Cody boasted loudly, swinging his legs. "S

ployees

"the only reason a nobody like her got into this company

one noticed Allison st

r mind shifted instantly into a tactical assessment of the room. She walked back, steppi

Allison moved. Her left foot swept out, striking the b

llar, redirecting his momentum to slam him face-first into the hard floor. Cody let out a

ieked and scatter

humiliation and fury. Blinded by rage, he roared, pul

didn't

, blocking his forearm with bone-jarring force.

ing a brutal, calculated do

into the carpet as the joint threatened

i

flanked by three senior executives and Griffi

He saw Allison pinn

our damn mind?" Kason roar

ugh the crowd. "Let hi

lled a tissue from a nearby desk and wiped her f

He glared up at Allison. "Call security! T

et out a

tion screen at the front of the room. She pulled the black

t thre

uting numbers, and Cody's name appeared in m

went dead silent. You

ir mouths falling open. They looked from

iating red welts forming on his skin. "

ation of having his company's dirty laundry aired in fro

, Kason twisted his Patek

forged these documents because you're

in Castro watched Allison. A spark of g

ive and get her out of here! If you sprea

n was defending a thief just to

up a single pen from her old desk, dropped it in

ed for her lik

or a fraction of a second. A silent, de

or. She pressed the button for