Chapter 4

RONAN

I ought to have been somewhere else.

Vaughn's year-end bash wasn't my cup of tea—too formal, too routine, and too many people putting on a good show about things they didn't particularly care for. These types of events were all about a stage, a show of power and control where a firm handshake might secure multimillion-dollar deals.

I didn't have to be here. I reminded myself that, more than