Chapter 145 Lines That Remain

Katelyn’s POV Ethan’s interview was about to begin, and I vowed to seize this opportunity. I sat at my computer and pulled up every file I could find on his company. Financial statements, press releases, board memos, even old interviews he’d done in years past. The numbers and business details gave me something solid to hold onto, something to distract me from the confusion swirling in my chest. A few minutes later, Ethan appeared at my door, a stack of papers in his hand. He didn’t mention what had happened between us. Instead, he spoke in a professional tone, “Do you want to practice the interview questions together? There are some complicated financial topics, and I thought you might want to go over them.” I nodded, grateful for the focus. We sat together in the small conference room, the table scattered with notes and printed graphs. Ethan talked me through the company’s structure, the key changes in their investment approach, and some of the risks they were facing in the current m