I spent most of the morning holed up in my room, trying to keep my mind off everything by working on my laptop. But even that was frustrating. I had been trying to keep up with Evangeline Interiors, but it was a mess. Ezra was nowhere to be found, and Desmond had taken over most of the operations. From the look of things, it seemed like Desmond was intentionally driving the company into the ground.
Customer complaints flooded in. Orders were delayed, shipments were missing, and quality control was slipping. My heart sank as I scrolled through the endless emails and messages. This was my parents’ legacy, and Desmond was ruining it.
I clenched my fists, fury bubbling inside me. I couldn’t do anything from here. I wasn’t even in control of the company anymore. Ezra had taken over, and now e
