Chapter 6

The air in the private room of the café felt thick enough to choke on.

I stared down at the file in my hands. It felt white-hot, like a burning piece of coal.

The power struggles, embezzlement, and betrayal by a founder that I thought only existed in movies suddenly became my living reality.

Emily, the woman who had haunted my thoughts for thirteen years, the same woman I had seethed with anger at just hours ago, was looking at me with eyes that were practically begging.

The untouchable ice queen was gone. In her place was a cornered fighter,…