Chapter 6

"How is that possible? Megan's past proposals were always good. How could this one..." Harley stopped mid-sentence, cutting himself off abruptly. After vaguely instructing the caller to stabilize the situation for now, he hung up and looked up at me. "Tiana, didn't you check the proposal?" It seemed that he remembered now. After Harley took the project from me and handed it off to Megan, I was always uneasy. Every time, I quietly corrected her countless mistakes until the final proposal was complete. But each time, Harley would laugh and scold me for meddling, insisting Megan could finish it on her own. Yet, when problems arose, Harley would shift the blame onto me—complaining I hadn't checked thoroughly enough and asking how I could have missed such obvious errors. So this time, I didn't look at it. Not even once. He said Megan could handle it on her own, so I gave her the opportunity to prove herself. "No." I shook my head. Harley's brows furrowed. Just as he was about to la