Open At Your Own Risk Novel by Evette

Open At Your Own Risk Chapter 10 The showcase came together faster than I expected. With Sean gone, business dev worked directly with the sponsors. Design didn’t waste hours on Zoe’s “development plan.” Everyone was buried in work. And weirdly, everyone was in a better mood. Diane said, “When Sean was here, I felt like

Open At Your Own Risk Chapter 09 Zoe couldn’t help herself. The next day she posted a full carousel. A long caption. A confused girl fresh out of school. Excluded by the industry’s older women. Sean was the only one who saw her potential. Jenna already had someone else. Not a single overt insult in

Open At Your Own Risk Chapter 08 Not long after, Sean’s friends started coming for me. Someone posted in the group chat: Jen, come on. Sean’s not doing well. Every guy screws up sometimes. He made a mistake. Besides, don’t you have that pretty little boyfriend too? Glass houses, right? I read it. I didn’t

Open At Your Own Risk Chapter 07 Sean meant it. Roses. Lilies. Tulips. A new arrangement at the studio every single day. The cards got more nauseating by the day. Jenna, I keep thinking about those nights we pulled all-nighters in the old space. Jenna, remember when you said once the studio was stable, we’d

Open At Your Own Risk Chapter 06 At three on Sean’s first day gone, one of my longest-standing clients called. “Jenna. I heard Sean’s no longer at the studio?” Polite tone. But I could hear her feeling it out. I set down the wax carving in my hand. “That’s right. He’s left. Going forward, all

Open At Your Own Risk Chapter 05 I turned to Sean. “What exactly do you want?” He gritted his teeth. “End it with him. And I’ll end it with Zoe. We’re even.” Zoe’s face went bloodless. I laughed. Just once. “Sean. You’ve misunderstood something. I’m not negotiating with you. I’m just done playing this game.”

Open At Your Own Risk Chapter 04 The conference room door swung open. Leo. Ridiculously good-looking, with way too much effort in his hair because he was obviously showing off. Every junior designer at the table looked up. Chloe was hot on his heels. “Jen, I tried to stop him, but he said he was—”

Open At Your Own Risk Chapter 03 At ten, Sean called a full-team meeting—design, marketing, business dev. By the time I walked in, the only chair left was the one at the far end. Sean looked up. “Jen, sit wherever. It doesn’t matter.” I pulled the chair out. “Right. Doesn’t matter.” I could see the

Open At Your Own Risk Chapter 02 Zoe reached over and gently placed a piece of burrata on my plate. She made sure her wrist showed when she did it. There was a delicate pearl bracelet on it. That bracelet was a failed sample from last month. The clasp wasn’t secure enough to sell, so

Open At Your Own Risk Chapter 01 At our seven-year anniversary dinner, Sean walked in holding hands with the new intern, Zoe. “Jenna, we’ve been together too long to keep boxing ourselves in with labels.” “I want to open things up.” Then he looked at me. “Starting tonight, you and Zoe are both my girlfriends.”