Chapter 1: The Client Dinner

The fluorescent lights of the law firm's conference room buzzed overhead like angry hornets, casting harsh shadows on the polished mahogany table. Mia adjusted her blouse for the third time, the silk clinging a little too snugly to her curves. At 23, she was the youngest paralegal in Richard Hargrove's cutthroat firm, and every day felt like walking a tightrope over a pit of vipers. Richard—her best friend Elena's stepfather—loomed at the head of the table, ...