Chapter 53

IVY POV

"You don't have to pull out, Mr Welsh. This is not going to affect our collaboration. The Wesley group is not going to go bankrupt because of this..."

"You need to trust me, please,"

I stood along the staircase quietly, watching dad as he spoke on the phone with someone. He was shaking, his body covered in sweat.

Mom is sitting on the couch, chewing on her fingers, her gaze fixed at nothing. They've been like this since last night. Neither of them has agreed to eat anything, and dad has been receiving calls from one investor to the other.

He'd lost two of his biggest...