Chapter 76

I may be skilled at my craft, but I wasn’t exactly great at managing people. That’s why days like these felt so overwhelming to me,

Dusk fell. I was about to clean up and leave when Jean called.

“Where are you?”

“At work. The office,” I replied, exhausted.

“Seriously? It’s the weekend! Why are you grinding instead of relaxing at a spa or something?”

“I’ve got no one to rely on but myself these days. Things haven’t stabilized yet.”

Ever since some of my friends became my investors, the pressure had only increased. The last thing I wanted was to be the investment that made my friends lose money.

“Enough about that! Time to relax and have fun, sister. I’ve got something planned for you, and you’re gonna love it–guaranteed!” Jean promised.

“What are you talking about?” I asked.

“Nuh–uh. You’ll find out when you get there. I texted you the address. Be there or be square!”

Jean was really insistent. She even texted me after the call ended.

ass here quick!]

checked the address and realized it was for a premier club in

alone? I’d been carrying too much on my shoulders lately, and maybe it really

the office, this time insisting I take

was as clear a hint as any–drinking heavily was part of the

opposed to that at all. My brain could use some alcoholic numbness to

and entered the room Jean had

alone. She’d invited my closest friends–the same ones who had heroically bought shares in my company to

should’ve thrown them a party

children or grandchildren of business magnates. They were in their element, already halfway drunk, dancing, and

over. “Taylor’s

to me as I sat down. “Did you settle your family

Chapter 76

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music to my

we can

course! I won’t let any of you

picked up. It didn’t take long before the conversation turned

though he’d managed to scrub the Internet clean of any scandals, the Metropolis elites were always in

know.

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