Chapter 384

• "Get in the way, me? Is that so, Lisa? I was the one who opened the breach, I was the one who got the project off the ground, and that old man still had the nerve to say I was getting in the way."
• "They don't know that," she reminded me. That was something I hadn't even told my own mate yet. I intended to test the opening before telling him. What if Willow was wrong?
• "No excuses!" Lisa scolded me, reading my thoughts. I sighed deeply. If I said I could do it and failed, I would only embarrass myself. I was the kind of discreet person who avoided exposing myself, even when I was confident, let alone in moments of insecurity.