Carter

for a week, refusing t

d brutal. My position as team

-minded woman was promoted to my old

line, is that report finished? Or are you too bu

ed. I still didn'

m during a meeting, tearing my work to shreds. "This is garbage, Adeline! Worthless!

weeks

ash bin. Coworkers, eager to please Gill, intentionally threw trash o

der. If I left, Gill would blacklist me, ensurin

New York society with deep connections. I was

ell Brock. I couldn't burden him when

iples. My love for Brock, though battered, sti