Chapter 1

"Sasha, just sign it."

A termination notice was pushed in front of me by a greasy hand.

I didn't move.

My gaze traveled past my boss, Richard Wade, and landed on the sofa across from me.

The new intern, Lily Clarke, was burying her face deep into Ethan Miller's chest, her shoulders shaking violently as she sobbed like she was about to pass out.

"Ethan, this is all my fault... I shouldn't have touched that contract.

Now I've ruined Sasha.

How can I ever make it up to her..."

Ethan Miller, my boyfriend of five years.

At this moment, he was patting Lily's back with a tenderness I'd never seen before.

Then he raised his head.

The look he gave me instantly turned to ice, filled with condescending reproach.

"Sasha, stop making a scene.

Lily didn't mean it.

She's only twenty-two, fresh out of college and doesn't know anything yet.

You've been in this position for five years.

What's wrong with taking some responsibility for her?"

Richard was tapping the table impatiently.

"The company has invested so much in you over the years.

Now that there's been a ten-million-dollar mistake, having you resign voluntarily is already saving you face.

Don't be ungrateful."

"Her father is Mr. Clarke from Skyhigh Group.

Our company's second-round funding depends on him."

Ethan lowered his voice to a volume only the three of us could hear.

"You're just taking the fall.

It's not like you're losing anything.

Don't ruin Lily's bright future."

I looked at this absurd scene unfolding before me and suddenly laughed.

Laughed until tears nearly came.

The images from my past life cut through my mind like rusted blades.