"That's easy to say when it's not your company on the line!" Carter slammed his glass down hard enough to c***k it. "My family built this business over three generations. My grandfather started in a garage. My father expanded it into an empire. And now I'm supposed to demolish it all because you've decided to play engineer?"
"I'm not playing anything. I'm doing the job you supposedly hired me to do."
"I hired you to be my partner. To support me. Not to undermine every difficult decision I make." He crossed to her, gripped her shoulders. "I need you on my side, Maeve. The board already questions your qualifications. If you go rogue, start making demands, it makes both of us look weak."
"Then maybe we are weak. Maybe we should be." She met his eyes. "Your mother died because yo
