Chapter 62 You’re Taking Her Side

Three days later, Sally was losing it. “Tobias, your daughter’s gone nuts. I just asked her to meet my nephew, and now she’s accusing him of sexual harassment! My family runs a company too, you know. Even if she wasn’t into him, no need to go around slandering him!”

Tobias was fuming. “You’re serious? She went to the police? They’re not even touching it. No evidence.”

Sally stomped her heel. “Tobias, did you forget she’s a lawyer? She could twist anything into anything. She could make black look white if she wanted to.”

Tobias tried to calm her down. “Alright, I hear you. She’s coming back in a few days for her grandma’s memorial. I’ll talk to her then.”

Kaia clocked back in at the firm after her short leave. Warren gave her a once-over, concern all over his face. “Are you okay, Kaia? The Graves Group merger’s on pause till next week. Why not stretch your break a little and get some rest?”

She forced a tired smile. “We only get three days of

bereavement. Anything more counts as PTO.” Besides, too much still needed her attention. She couldn’t afford to just sit around.

Jude called them both into his office. “Kaia, how are you feeling?

Back in the game?”

“I’m good, Jude. Really.”

“Alright. You and Warren are going to Ease Electronics this afternoon for due diligence.”

Kaia and

Electronics had been family-owned for a decade, and the internal drama was a mess. Politics ran deep, which made

guy hit her with a cold front. “Ms. Domont, Mr. Wright-here are five

“I’m sure your sales team has backups. Mind giving them a heads-up so they can shoot us a

No time for

of stonewalling was just part of the job. Kaia was used

milkshake-asking for help. The manager, Camilla, was easygoing

landed in

left with Warren. Warren threw her a thumbs-up. “Damn,

Kaia chuckled, “Not bad.”

glanced at

Don’t be so stubborn. Drop the case at

of that before

the message

she got downstairs at work, Tobias

at the well-dressed, scholarly-looking man. “Kaia, is that

go ahead. Tell

she walked calmly toward Tobias’

you see the message I sent you?”

smirk tugged at Kaia’s lips. “Yeah, but

immediately. “You’ve been getting more and more disrespectful

voice bitter. “So what if you’re my dad? Your wife drugged me and had her nephew try to assault me, and you-my own father-want me to just forget it and pretend everything’s fine so we can

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