When Ambition Destroys, Love Saves
ribly wrong. It was a rookie mistake, a single misplaced command in a critical payment gateway module, and it belon
breakroom, scrollin
ut the payment gateway comm
k up. "It' s fi
s a recursive loop in the transaction validation. It' ll crash the s
expression annoyed. "Look, I know w
he company' s CEO and Ethan'
I do," Ethan said. "This is a maj
bad," Liam whined, his voice rising
ght for Olivia' s corner office. A few minutes later, an email landed in
er desk, arms crossed. Liam was slumped in a ch
unfamiliar. "I' m tired of hearing about yo
us. "This is about a catastrophic error that could cri
ew," Olivia snapped. "He' s family. An
t to push untested code to
om Ethan' s determined face to Liam' s
her voice dangerously calm. "I'
wai
istant. You will personally mentor him, approve his every move,
tightened. He
clean out your desk. And if you choose that, you can clean
livia, the woman he' d planned a future with, the woman he' d helped build this company from the grou
ttle over him. The choice
d typed for a moment. He printed a single sheet of paper from her office printer. He
said, his voice clear and steady.
had built this entire scenario around the belief that he would never leave her, tha
shock evident in her voice. "You would
oice. He didn' t need to. "You' re asking me to choose between my profession
is jacket. He put it on slowly, methodically.
ll you go? What will you do? You' re a senior developer, but the market is toug
apartment, a sleek, modern key he' d been so proud of. He worked it off the ring, the metal
he wood was the only sound.and went to Olivia' s side. He put a hand on
n for this to happen. Ethan was just so mea
ack at Ethan' s cold, resolute expression. Her conf
ignation letter from her desk, the key clattering to the floor. "You don
tearing through the quiet room. She threw the pieces at him.
torted with a fury he' d never seen before. He didn't fee
ut a backward glance, leaving her there with