“Jaxon told you guys to help take some of my workload?”

Adam and Ethan just smiled, saying nothing.

“If I hadn’t brought it up today, were you planning to keep helping me forever? I should’ve known. I should’ve kept slacking off and let you two stay so busy your feet never touched the ground—work and life, you’d only be able to keep one.”

After joining Verdana, I’d felt kindness from a lot of people. It only made me more determined ...