BREAKING: Ethan Carter's Company Files for Emergency Bankruptcy. Federal Prosecutors Announce Charges.
I stared at the headline until the words stopped making sense. This was real. This was actually happening. Everything Ethan had built, everything he'd been so proud of, was crumbling in real time.
And I was the one who'd lit the match.
The door behind me opened. I didn't turn around.
"I said I needed a minute," I said.
"I'm not here to talk." Liam's voice, low and steady. He moved beside me, his jacket settling around my shoulders, warm and smelling like his cologne. "I'm just here."
We stood in silence, watching the city breathe below us. After a while, I leaned my head against his shoulder.
"It's going to get worse before it gets better, isn't it?" I whispered.
"Probably."
"And
