Chapter 4

For one long second, nobody moved.

The champagne glasses stayed raised in midair. The big screen still glowed behind Ethan with Northline Expansion Model in sleek white letters. Vanessa stood onstage, one hand wrapped around the microphone, her smile frozen so hard it looked painful.

And Ethan stared at me.

Like I had just set the building on fire.

Cute.

I hadn't even stood up yet.

My phone buzzed again.

Noah: Say the word.

Ethan stepped off the stage and came straight toward me, jaw tight, voice low.

"What the hell did you do?"

I looked at him. "Funny. I…