Nicholas POV
In that moment, the fear and doubt that I thought I had conquered resurfaced once again. I stared at her, my heart pounding, hoping desperately that what I feared wasn't what she was about to say.
"What do you mean?" I stammered, my once bold voice trembling with fear.
Monica looked away, her gaze fixed on the beeping machine by her side as if gathering the strength to continue. "Let's end the contract, Nicholas. It's not working. Everything isn't going as planned. This is my request, and I hope you grant it," she said, her voice trembling.
Her words hit me like a punch, the air rushing out of my lungs. The contract, the arrangement that had brought us together, was supposed to help with the company and it did but somewhere along the way, I started having feelings and my
