Chapter 45

• Lila
• The walls were closing in around me, and for the first time since I had begun this affair with Emerson, I felt real fear. Everything was slipping through my fingers. I could feel it—the tension between Emerson and me, the way he was pulling away, the subtle changes in the company. Raven was winning, and if I didn’t do something soon, I would be the one left with nothing.
• Every move I made felt like a misstep. Emerson wasn’t just ignoring me now; he was actively distancing himself. When we used to meet in secret, there was excitement, passion. Now there was nothing but silence, and each attempt I made to reignite that fire was met with cold indifference. He wasn’t even looking at me the same way. All his focus was on the company, on Raven, on fixing his broken marriage.