CHAPTER SEVEN
As Riley sat there staring at him, Ryan said the words again …
“I’m ruined. My whole life is ruined.”
Riley was stunned. She couldn’t remember the last time he’d spoken in such a despondent tone. Arrogance and self-confidence were more his style.
“What do you mean?” she asked.
He heaved a long, miserable sigh and said, “Paul and Barrett—they’re forcing me out of the firm.”
Riley could hardly believe her ears.
Paul Vernasco and Barrett Gaynor had been Ryan’s law partners ever since the three of them had founded the firm together. More than that, they’d been Ryan’s most supportive friends.
She asked, “What on earth happened?”
Ryan shrugged and said in a reticent voice, “Something to do with my being a liability to the firm … I don’t know.”
But Riley could tell by his
