“What did you say?” I ask. “Run wild?”
“Sign this.” He jabs a finger at the file on the table. “Sign this or you’ll lose everything, even after graduation. I’ll make sure of it!”
A laugh slips out of me before I can stop it. It’s half disbelief, half anger. “You threaten me? Really?” I step closer until the table is a sliver between us. “Lose everything? What legal right do you think you have to threaten me? To take my mother’s company?”
He opens his mouth, throat working. “You won’t—”
“It’s hers!” I roar, every nerve in my body snapping to life. I slam my hand against my chest. “It belonged to my mother. Everything! You were nothing before she fell in love with you! And now…now you stand here acting like some kind of king?”
I tilt my head, my breath trembling as heat rises up my ne
