The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven)

Zane and I had always looked out for our employees, but our generosity

sometimes sparked greed-the kind that made people think they could take on more than they could actually handle. Still, our company would keep going strong even after we let those people go.

...

"Shane still hadn't ended things with Jenny, but he was already hooking up with Sasha! He even pushed Jenny to call it off so he could be with Sasha!"

The reporter spread the gossip along with pictures online. As soon as people saw the posts, they began calling Shane a jerk and tagging Sasha as the other woman, hurling insults at her.

Yvonne jumped in, too, claiming Sasha had once pushed Shane to go after her, saying they were both players who liked to mess with people's feelings. The crowd went wild when Yvonne stepped up as a witness, and they started hurling insults nonstop.

Meanwhile, the so-called cheaters were sitting quietly in a café, sipping their coffee.

Carlisle took a quick look at the documents and immediately understood why Zane had asked them to review them.

"I'm assuming one of these proposals is for me and the other's for Mr. Weston," he said.

skimmed through

it doesn't look like

to keep

get it.

impressed. "We've got plenty of proposals, and each one takes time and resources. So, you two will need to work on them

"That works for

back, I'll walk you through everything and

"Awesome!" Sasha responded.

to appreciate

by keeping her expenses down while working at Zane's firm, then launched her own business, and now, she was hooked on the thrill of scaling it even

ruffled

this, Carlisle turned to Shane. "Shane, you're doing alright

the other proposals, you

have some friends who might be interested? It could be