(Eva's POV)
"Please, Mr. Owen, Mary is sorry. Don't fire her. Her family depends on her. Her dad is sick. You cannot fire her because of me. If she leaves, I quit my job too," I declared, and Ethan's eyes darkened.
"Are you threatening me, Eva?" Ethan asked, his voice chilling me on the spot, as he hadn't spoken to me so coldly before. I recalled Pete's warning not to drag him into Mary's mess.
I recalled that Ethan had fired many staff for small errors, let alone an error as big as Mary's.
"Please, forgive her. I wouldn't dare threaten you. I am nothing compared to you. I am only scared her father will die, and I am to blame for it. Let it slide, please…" I clasped my hands together, kneeling beside Mary.
Ethan drew a breath and shifted out of his office chair. He rose to his feet, a
