Ethan sighed and kissed my tears away. "Don't worry. As long as I'm here, no one's getting to you. I'll take care of Holden and his bunch."

We held each other tight, but sleep never came that night.

The next morning, things got worse.

Andy burst into the room and woke me up. "We've got a problem, Mrs. Grayson! Ms. Albright is here!"

I was shocked. "What? Why is she here? Where's Ethan?"

Andy wiped the sweat off his brow. "Mr. Grayson's dealing with his job in the study. Ms. Albright arrived early, stormed into the study, and kicked everyone out. She's not letting anyone inside!"

I rushed to the study. Even from the hallway, I could hear them arguing.

Vivian's voice cut through the door as she shouted, "If you refuse to be with me, Ethan, my dad's buying out Grayson Group! You'll lose everything, and your reputation will be ruined!"

"You better not push it!" Ethan growled. "I'm engaged to Evelyn, and I'm not leaving her for you! Stop wasting your time!"

and just trying to punch above her weight! And who cares about an engagement? It's not like you're married. You can still back out." "Shut up!" Ethan roared, followed by the sound of a hard slap. "Talk trash about Evelyn

up miserable!" Vivian shrieked. She yanked the door open and stormed out, shooting me a glare that felt like it could've killed

arms.

his shirt, tears running down my

worry. I won't let her get what she wants. I'll

Holden

next few days, things just kept spiraling for us. Enemies we didn't even know existed started popping up and ganging

was Alexander Wagner, an arrogant guy whose company was ranked in the Fortune 500. He struck it rich overnight with some shady moves in the financial

strutted around calling himself a "stock guru", scamming

Vivian could marry her "true love",

Grayson Group's trade secrets and leaked them to our competitors. He didn't hesitate to drop a ton of money to bribe executives at

everything together, but eventually, he just couldn't do it anymore. Going up against Alexander alone was already tough and with Holden and Vivian backing him, we didn't stand

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Kon?

"Maybe I should just beg Vivian, Ethan. I'll walk away if it'll get her dad to back

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