Ethan's POV
"You want me to come as your date," Amara said, her voice stunned like I asked her to co-sign a mortgage with me.
"To the Cole Corp Gala, the one with cameras. All the executives and the board, including your family, especially your mother."
"That's the one."
"Ethan."
"Amara."
"We haven't even told Fabian yet, and you haven't told your parents either. We haven't told anyone, and you want to announce this to three hundred photographers at once?"
"I don't want to announce anything. I want to stop hiding something that isn't a secret to anyone who's paying attention." I leaned against her office doorframe, arms crossed.
"Half the building already assumes we're together. The board already guessed it. My mother definitely assumes it, given how many times she's asked me about
