My Brother Is Your Biggest Client

I let out a jagged, cold laugh, my eyes darting between the two of them.

Three years. Three years of my life poured into this project. Countless nights fueled by lukewarm espresso and the frantic clicking of a mouse, rewriting proposals until my vision blurred. It was a ten-million-dollar deal, the kind that defines a career, and the signing was scheduled for tomorrow.

But my boyfriend, Bradley, was currently bruising my wrist with his grip, his face twisted in a patronizing scowl. He was telling me to hand the entire account over to Brianna—an intern who had started exactly eight weeks ago.