(Aaron)
I leaned back in the broken chair, staring at the cracked ceiling, wondering just how everything went so wrong.
Derek fired me. The jerk fired me, like I was worth nothing, like the years I’d put into his company didn’t mean a damn thing.
And the worst part? I knew whose fault it was: Olivia. She got into his head somehow and turned him against me. I could feel it, plain as day.
Derek used to value me, used to trust me. He even called me his right-hand man a few times. I’d been there every step of the way, doing the work and keeping the place running smoothly even when I disagreed with most things he was doing.
And the cherry on top? The blacklist. I can’t even get a callback anymore, not a single one.
No one wants to take a chance on someone Derek Stone has cast off lik
