Five days after the charity gala, the media and the city had finally moved on and found a new headline. The reporters had stopped waiting outside Lane Holdings' building, and the calls from journalists had slowed down into voicemails that Jacob constantly deleted.
Ethan sat in his office, quietly believing that the worst was finally behind him. And for the first time in days, he finally allowed himself to breathe.
Just then, his office door opened and the CFO, Raymond, walked in without knocking, something he had never done before.
Ethan looked up with a frown. "Have you forgotten how to knock?"
Raymond did not smile. He walked in fully and closed the door behind him. "If I were in your shoes, I would not be more worried about knocks, Mr Lane." He crossed the office and slammed the fol
