Reborn Heiress
"The board has agreed to meet on Monday and Holloway says the books are tighter than he expected. If that money leaves, we won't survive the quarter."
I felt my heart go cold in anger at the sound of that name. Holloway, saying the books were tighter than he'd expected, as though he hadn't been the one tightening them.
"That's unfortunate," I said.
"Unfortunate?" My mother hissed before fixing me with a much more intense glare.
"This is because of you.” She said, jabbing her finger at my chest.
"This is happening because Julian ended the engagement," I said. "In this room. In front of both of you."