er stomach churned violently. The nausea wasn't just stress anymore;

ushed to the employee restroom. She barely made i

r, gasping for air, tears prick

mouth at the sink, she looked

makeup bag. She took one

kay? You loo

a weak smile

r eyes. "Or... m

ittle sound. "Definitely

sk, feeling like she wa

everyone's computer simultaneously. An

ntry Fashion W

anized swatches. Her mind was already drifting back to the encrypted folder on her home laptop, tracin

ra gasped.

ist of senior designers, directors... and ther

And

tion. Some looks were confused, others were openly hostil

This was Ezra. He was manipulating he

rched toward the elevators.

Finley was waiting. He held up

oard meeting,

Hali hissed. "

handed her a folded piece of

d it. Ezra's handwriting was

ove you are not just a pre

to design. He knew she was talented-or at least, he suspected she had po

zzed. A text

n Week? That's huge. We can turn this into a

e refused to be seen with her at industry events because it "comp

Ezra's list. Becaus

isgust wash

back. "Let's talk

her phone pinged again. A

ing s

camera in the corner of the wai

ne," sh

ply. "Finley left something

d. She look

said, his tone leavin

receptionist, a girl who usually ignored her

said this

tting on a concrete bench nea

of simple, strong ginger broth wafted out. It wasn't a generi

was no

of being angry that she might be hind

was... kind. In a twi

through her chest, settling her

as parked in the shadows. The tinted r

His face was obscured by the darkness of the car's int

ty logs from the pharmacy

Ezra in the rearview mirror. "And the footage from th

oo

in her hand. It was a high-end brand, likely worth more than her w

er to the trash can and dropped the expensive thermo

s he watched her walk

e," h