~LAUREN’S POV~

I stood there, scrambling for a decent explanation, something that would make sense of why I had bodyguards in the office and why Antonio had Patrick pinned to the ground like a scene from an action movie.

Maybe I could pretend to be sorry. I didn’t want to get fired, not after working so hard to get this job in the first place.

I wasn’t even close to my dream yet. I wanted to be a world-renowned journalist, not some background extra doing cover-ups no one cared about.

Vanessa said she didn’t mind, as long as she got paid. But I wasn’t like her.

I wanted recognition. I...