Maddison's POV
"He had to go back to working on the rigs," she could hear herself say. The words came out no more than a flat, toneless whisper. "His company failed."
"Oh, yes. I see," Grant whispered, placing his hand on her shoulder.
Her head jerked up. "You know?"
"Oh?" he repeated. "Yes. It is my business to be well-informed. It's needed knowledge. "His business was deeply in debt. Too much wasteful spending. Too many risks taken with projects that hadn't been tested. It is a huge failure."
It is in the way Grant had said it, as if he were giving some sort of market report. It was simply not a statement of triumph but a statement of fact. There was no boasting here. It is simply…stating truth.
And the truth is that although her star had been on the rise in Grant's carefully buil
