Scarlett POV
“Miss Ravencroft, you’re telling me you don’t know what you did?” Eva Cassel’s voice carried a hint of amusement over the phone. “Would you like me to remind you of the documents you signed when you joined Hale Group? I can have my assistant send over copies, or you can dig up your own and read them carefully.”
My stomach twisted. Of course. Every decent-sized company had those ironclad agreements—non-compete clauses, NDAs, the entire arsenal designed to keep employees in line and protect their secrets. I’d signed mine without a second thought during onboarding, back when I was too starry-eyed to care.
Jaxen had just taught me a brutal lesson: sign nothing without reading every damn line. Because when s**t hit the fan, those papers could destroy you.
I forced my voice to r
