CHAPTER FIFTY ONE BECOMING EGOMANIACAL

JADE'S POV When he first gave me the file to review, I thought it was something like a restraining order against Warner or anything else besides a business contract. This was because my presence at the company would undoubtedly become a problem for him, and I didn't want that. I didn't want to become more of a burden to him than I already am by staying here. If I started working there, all sorts of rumors would spread, and I didn't need a soothsayer to tell me they would be nasty. His family would hear about it, as would the board members; he would then have to deal with all that on his own, and I wouldn't be able to take the blame. I've always known him to be meticulous, so deciding this was unlike him. On a typical day, he would've thought about this and discarded the thought immediately because he knew that it wouldn't be wise, but he wasn't doing what I expected him to do at all. He even convinced me this was the best option because it was. I didn't want to admit it bec