Sleeping in the same room as her was the last thing I ever wanted.
But I wasn’t about to disrespect Grandma—not when she had the power to ruin everything I’d built.
She had made it clear. If I didn’t play along, she’d donate everything to charity. Everything I had sacrificed for, every late night I had spent working, every deal I had closed, wouldn’t it all be for nothing. I wasn’t going to let that happen.
So, I kept my mouth shut through dinner, even when that fraud’s voice irritated the hell out of me. I nodded when necessary, pretended to listen, and the second it was over, I left.
I didn’t wait for that fraud. I didn’t even look at her.
I just went straight to my room.
By the time she walked in, I was already standing by the window, dressed in nothing but my shorts. I didn’t ack
