Chapter 30 : Lies and Deceit

*William*

Eva popped into my office an hour into my workday, asking if I had a second. Despite our confrontation before, when I’d told her to stay out of my love life, I enjoyed seeing her in the office.

It had been a long-standing hope of mine for Eva to work alongside me. It must have been some primal desire for me to ensure my legacy. I fought the idea that one day when I retired, I’d have to sell the company. Sure, I knew my family and their future generations would be taken care of, but to pass it down to my heirs in a way that my father, and his father before him, had—

“Sure, come in, come in. You know you don’t have to knock.”

“I just wanted to run a few ideas by you,” she said. “I think we should get moving on your social media campaign. As soon as this deal with White Out happens, we need to blast it from the rooftops.”

“Okay. I thought we should keep the name too,” I said.

“Definitely, everyone knows and loves it—William Shaw to run White Out.” She moved her han