Professional Boundaries

At Northstar & Vale, your promotion is supposed to be a sure thing. For weeks, everyone has treated your move to Senior Campaign Lead like an open secret. Your fiancée texts you good luck. Your coworkers smile like they already know. Arthur Morgan has been careful, but even his carefulness sounds like confirmation. Then Arthur takes you to HR. Brooke Saylor, the gorgeous junior employee you mentored, has accused you of sexual harassment. It is false. You never crossed any lines. But your mentoring style was informal, accessible, and relaxed — and Brooke knows exactly which messages, jokes, late chats, and private meetings can be stripped of context. By the time you can defend yourself, the damage has already begun. Arthur announces someone else as Senior Campaign Lead. HR warns you not to contact Brooke. Your team does not know what to believe. Your fiancée wants to trust you, but the accusation hits the one insecurity she already had. You are innocent. Now you have to prove it without destroying yourself in the process.