I clenched my left hand against my dress after I dropped the call with my dad. Bran had already stepped out of the car, and I stepped out of the car too, in quite a hurry to get an answer from him on why he tricked me and my dad into giving up the rights to our company.

“Bran!” I yelled out as I walked over to where he was, all fueled up and ready to demand an answer immediately.

He suddenly turned and pulled me by the waist, closer to himself, and whispered into my ...