Rewriting My Heart's Fate

"Plus, Rowan and Richard had experienced prison, so they probably won't be stirring up any more problems," Ethan said.

I managed a teary grin and nodded repeatedly in his arms.

But in just three days, Grayson Group ran into a serious string of setbacks. I flopped down on the couch, turned on the TV, and caught up on the latest news.

Nearly every channel was all over Grayson Group's meltdown. Meanwhile, Evelyn Studio still seemed to be in the clear.

First, one of Grayson Group's five-star hotels got busted for using expired ingredients and having terrible hygiene. Then, some press exposed Grayson Group's huge tax evasion scheme, which amounted to several hundred million dollars. There were even rumors going around that Ethan's success was tied to shady deals and organized crime.

All that gossip was nonsense, but online rumors spread fast and hit hard. Grayson Group took a major hit, and its stock plummeted.

At the same time, Rovera Group took off like a rocket. Almost overnight, it became the new star of the business world, and Holden's name was everywhere like some kind of legend.

Rowan wasn't a pushover, either. He graduated from a top-tier university and had spent years proving himself at Rovera Group. He was Holden's right-hand man.

a good thing they had been locked up before. I

less than a week to put Grayson Group in a tight spot. If we let him keep having his way, Ethan and I would be

swamped with work lately, pulling all-nighters and barely hanging on. Watching him getting skinnier every day

was already late. The fact that the news had been running for that long definitely meant

He was so wrapped up in his

keyboard like it was the end of the

to bring up the idea of breaking up. "Maybe we should

is over

on your work, not wasting time on someone like me who's just dragging you down. Once this whole mess is and the

laptop onto the floor, breaking it

walk away

choked out, "I'm doing this for you! Didn't you see all the gossip out there? I'm the reason you're