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!"

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

you'll pay for this, Ethan! I hope you two end up miserable!" Vivian shrieked. She yanked the door open and stormed out, shooting me a glare that felt like it could've

sighed and pulled me into his arms. "I'm

shirt, tears running down my cheeks. "Ethan, what are we going to do?

kissed my forehead and said, "Don't worry. I won't let her get

had way too much pull. They roped Holden and the others into

just kept spiraling for us. Enemies we didn't even know existed started popping up and ganging up

the Fortune 500. He struck

"stock guru", scamming people and acting like he was above everyone

his help, Alexander went all out to ensure Vivian could marry her "true love", Ethan. And when Ethan turned her down, Alexander didn't hold

to our competitors. He didn't hesitate to drop a ton of money to bribe executives at Grayson Group, turning them

anymore. Going up against Alexander alone was already tough

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

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