An Excellent Plan
Lila
When the others finally left the office, the lawyers hunched and muttering, Chris storming out with fists clenched, and Dane leaning on his desk, his shoulders heaving, Lila almost left too. That would have been normal, to run from him. To be angry. She had a statement to take to Tish for the press. It needed to be done. But she couldn't leave him there like that. He was destroying himself—and he was going to take this entire empire down with him if he didn't find a way to get it under control.
So, instead of following Chris down the hall, she closed the door behind him and turned the lock. To hell with Dane's rules.
Then she walked quietly over to the desk where he stood, breathing heavily.