"Because Jade Kensington is many things, but stable isn't one of them. We dated for two years. I ended it when I realized she was embezzling from the company to fund her lifestyle, drugs, gambling, shopping addiction. I could have prosecuted her. Instead, I paid off her debts and asked her to leave quietly. She's hated me ever since."
"So everything she said about the merger, about you shifting blame…"
"Is partially true," Carter admitted, surprising her. "The Takahashi partnership does help insulate me from some liability. That's just smart business. But I'm not framing them. They know exactly what they're getting into, and they're being compensated accordingly. And yes, I've made hard choices about how to handle the recall situation. But every choice I've made has been aimed at minimiz
