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
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