This time, Alaric was determined not to go back.

With nowhere to stay, he gave his good friend Ethan a call.

Ethan took him in.

Upon learning that he had run away from home with his bank account frozen, Ethan clapped him on the shoulder and said, "How about you come work at my company? I can pay you a salary every month. It won't make you rich, but hey, you won't starve."

He said it in jest.

"Alright, just set me up with a job, and I'll start tomorrow," Alaric immediately responded.

joke, but Alaric took it seriously.

of the Falconer Group, once a vice president. For someone who had lived in luxury his

I was joking?" Alaric asked Ethan

but a calm, still lake. Ethan knew then that Alaric meant business. As friends,

we're launching a new jewelry line, and the team's all green. They could use a project manager. You start tomorrow," Ethan

you worried about your team taking issue with

with the Falconer Group's VP stepping in to manage our little project, who'd complain? They should be thankful I'm not accused of wasting talent,"

smiled,

YOUR

A month later.

designs, attracting bids from three competing firms. The

company representative hadn't arrived yet, so she

minutes later, a rugged male voice said, "Thalassa,

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