The contract sits on the conference table between us, two signatures away from becoming real.
Knight-Carter Ventures. Equal partners. Equal ownership. Equal everything.
"You sure about this?" I ask Liam for the third time today.
He's already holding a pen. "Vi, we've been over this. Your consulting division, my venture capital firm. It's brilliant synergy. Clients get full-service support from ideation to funding to execution. We're going to dominate the market."
"That's not what I'm asking." I look at him across the mahogany. "I'm asking if you're sure about tying your business to mine. Your reputation to mine. What if the scandal never dies? What if every article about Knight-Carter Ventures mentions Ethan's trial?"
"Then they mention it." He doesn't hesitate. "And in the same breat
