Breaking Billionaire Rules

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s glanced at interns. No, this was direct. Unwavering and sharp. Ethan Blackwell's g

essed in bravado and noise. But Ethan Blackwell wore s

She barely acknowledged the tension snapping between us as

onference room, heart thudding like a warning drum. Around the table sat maybe dozens

I barely had time to register. Georgia guided me to the only

olicies, conduct guidelines. Everything yo

ed, but I didn

Then her tone shifted just enough to make me look up. "And pay special at

lackwell Enterprises. The infamous rule. No personal relations

and turned to go. "Wait ......am I supposed

walking. "You're

cket felt too heavy in my lap. I dared one quick glance at Ethan. He was at the

he look back

into my spine. Someone dimmed the light and the presentati

as if I understood half of what was being said. I caught names - Nolan Sharpe, Director of Str

burn at the side of my face. A glance. A p

ce. Every time I looked away, I felt like I was

oing to be anything like what I planned. By the time the meeting ended, I'd scribbl

rmuring to one another, none of them ackn

ice said. I froze.

ut I felt it ripple through me anyway.

ategy floor on twenty-six. Report to Nolan Sharpe

ike I hadn't just memorized every edge of h

No smile. Just orders.

is gaze pinned me again, but not with in

the employee's conduct be

downstairs, Georgia was waiting with my badge, already clipped to a retractable lanyard,

rel

access card, login credentials, and appoin

t i

" I looked up. "People make assumptions around here. One

wly. "Thank

t be smarter than the last intern who tho

left me. It was there in the back of

rkstations. Not a single person looked over as I entered - I found the desk Georgia had point

my own startup in pieces and rewired my entire life around getting into Blackwell Enterprises. I

ere. And alread

et again, flipping quickly t

from engaging in personal relationships with executive officers. Breach of this

wasn't going to be a problem. Ethan Blackwell was untouchable, uninte

deep down, some reckless part of me alr

... I didn't