Chapter 439

Caleb Summers and Lily Garland kept their wedding low-key, but they definitely went all out for the honeymoon. The very next day, they hopped on a flight to Europe and kicked off a month-long getaway. Meanwhile, back on the work front, Celeste Harper had her hands full. IM had taken a hit from recent public backlash—stock jitters, employee trust issues, the whole nine yards. It pushed her to face some hard truths. If the company was going to make it long-term, solid rules and real enforcement were non-negotiable. If Caleb hadn’t stepped in just in time, things could’ve gotten seriously out of hand with the warehouse crew. Seeing the opportunity, Celeste teamed up with Martin Palmer to tighten things up across the board at IM. They let go of more than thirty employees, even a few pretty established lead designers. At a meeting, Blake looked a little uneasy. “Letting this many people go all at once—is that really okay? I mean, yeah, we just launched a new line, and there’s a bit of a lul