Chapter 131

He missed her like hell.

What a shit show. But he had to be patient—for now—because if he left Trees to fill all those roles alone and something happened, Zy would never forgive himself.

“Conference room, Garrett. Now.” Joaquin wasn’t smiling before he walked away.

“What’s that about?” Trees looked concerned.

Zy tried to shrug off the confrontation as he stood. “Oh, you know me. Always pissing off someone.”

But he wasn’t under any illusions. The bosses were finally ready to talk about his video at Trees’s place, if Muñoz’s snappy anger was anything to go by. Do-or-die time. He was beyond ready to tell them to shove the contract up their asses. Either they let him have Tessa or he walked.

And someday, he’d figure out how to confess his betrayal to Trees and apologize—and hope like hell his friend understood.

After following the quietest boss’s broad back down the narrow hallway, they entered the conference room. Zy didn’t have to be told to s