The Price of Pride

Beatrice blinked. “Ruined? Your company looks perfectly healthy to me. How could it possibly collapse?”

“Exactly,” Chloe added. “It is listed on the exchange. If liquidity is tight, grease the right palms at the bank and they will approve a loan.”

Hearing his sister’s naïve suggestion, Declan felt too drained even to muster a bitter smile.

What had possessed me to let Chloe step into Sloane’s old