He Married His Hometown Neighbor, Then Begged for a Second Chance novel · Chapter 15 of 40
Chapter 15: Not for Sale
The lobby of the Shieldon building had a floor of pale stone and a ceiling three stories high.
Ethan stood in the middle of it, waiting.
He wore a charcoal suit and an immaculate tie, and held white roses in one arm and a leather folder in the other.
The receptionist had stopped typing.
Two dozen employees pretending to wait for lifts were watching him over their phones.
Evan came out of the lift at nine.
Every Red came out with him.
She had not been asked, and she did not say a word.
She stopped three steps behind his shoulder and folded her hands.
"Evan," Ethan said.
His voice carried across the stone.
"Mr. Ross."
Something moved in Ethan's face when Evan said that.
It might have been last night.
It might have been nothing.
"Can we speak somewhere private?"
"Anything you have to say can be said here. I have a nine-fifteen."
Ethan's jaw tightened.
He looked past Evan at Every, and then back.
"Fine," he said.
He held out the folder.
"Chief Technology Officer, Ross Group. Direct report to the chairman, a seat on the board, full access to every system. Your own team, your own budget."
"Ross."
"Four times what Shieldon is paying you. Name the figure and I'll write a higher one."
"Ross."
"And Maya reports to you, not the other way around."
The lobby was silent.
Evan looked at the folder, thick and expensive in the middle of the pale floor.
He looked at the roses.
"You brought flowers," he said.
"You like white."
"I like a lot of things. I didn't ask for any of them in a lobby."
Ethan took one step closer.
His voice dropped, and Evan heard it in his own ribs.
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