JASMINE'S POV
"Tell me you didn't see the headlines."
That was the first thing I heard as I rolled over, my phone buzzing for the third time in less than a minute. Sophia's voice screeched through the speaker like an alarm bell soaked in caffeine and panic.
"What headlines?" I croaked, barely awake.
"Girl, get out of bed and check your damn news feed."
Still half-blind, I swiped up my lock screen. My pulse stopped. Then kicked. Then stuttered again as the first thing I saw was Sophia's text:
Sophia: JAZZ. Why is the Times saying you shut down the northern division?? Did you actually?? It's ALL OVER THE INTERNET. Wake. Up. Now.
Then the headline:
'CEO Jasmine Frost Approves Mass Layoffs—Heart Enterprises' Northern Division Shut Down Overnight'
What. The. Hell.
I sat up so fast the sheets tangled around my legs.
"Soph, I didn't approve anything," I snapped.
