MARCO
I read the proposal three times not because I needed to but I absorbed all the relevant information on the first pass—Queens Enterprises is solid, the fundamentals are strong, the expansion plan is smart, the projections are conservative but realistic.
I read it three times because I'm stalling.
Isabel Queens.
The name stares back at me from the cover page, and I can't stop looking at it. I can't stop my mind from connecting the dots between the woman in the bar and the heiress who walked away from billions.
I close the folder and open my laptop, my fingers moving with mechanical precision across the keyboard.
I need information, data and facts. Something concrete to replace the chaos of emotions threatening to break through my carefully maintained walls.
I pull up every piece
