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Engaged to One Whitmore, Fell for the Other. Chapter 60
LaylaAdrian was waiting outside Kate’s building when we arrived.He had beaten us there by several minutes, but he hadn’t gone inside. He stood near the entrance with his hands in the pockets of his coat, his expression hard enough that I almost didn’t recognize the warm, easygoing man I’d met at Morrison.“You didn’t go up?” Harvey asked.“I thought I should wait.” Adrian looked at me. “Are you sure you want to do this?”“Yes.”He nodded and turned toward the building.Kate lived high enough that the elevator ride gave me far too much time to think. I still couldn’t reconcile the woman I remembered with the photograph on Harvey’s computer. Kate had been friendly when we met. Even after I learned how she felt about Harvey, she had never treated me badly.The doors opened, and Adrian led us down the hall. Kate answered not long after he knocked, and her expression changed almost immediately when she saw the three of us standing there.“Adrian?”“We need to talk.”Her gaze moved from h
Engaged to One Whitmore, Fell for the Other. Chapter 59
LaylaBy the following afternoon, there wasn’t much left to argue about professionally.Legal had finished its review. Recruitment had documented my hiring from application to offer, Peter had documented why he’d assigned me to Tectrics, and the work I’d done after that spoke for itself. The dates established that Harvey and I hadn’t been together during the overnight trip, and once our relationship began, we’d disclosed it and put the necessary safeguards in place. The board had been given the full chronology.The story looked convincing only when the dates were missing.I was reading the final summary from legal when Harvey appeared beside my desk. “Do you have a minute?”I saved what I was working on and followed him to his office. The door closed behind us.Harvey handed me a printed page. “They found the earliest circulation of the photograph.”I read it. The image had begun moving through a small group of people connected to the Morrison weekend before any of the questions about
Engaged to One Whitmore, Fell for the Other. Chapter 58
LaylaPeter was waiting near my desk when I arrived.“Morning.”“Morning.”He handed me a folder. “Your assignments are back with you. Nothing was reassigned permanently yesterday, so there shouldn’t be much to catch up on.”I took it from him. “Harvey spoke to you?”“Last night. He told me the decision to remove you was his and that you wanted your work restored.”That sounded like Harvey. No attempt to pretend Peter had misunderstood him. No attempt to make yesterday disappear.“Thank you.”Peter nodded. “Legal wants to meet with you at ten. They’re reviewing the material sent to the board.”“Am I being investigated?”“No. The allegations are being reviewed. There’s a difference.”There was, although I wasn’t sure everyone outside this building would care.“I’ll be there.”Peter started away, then stopped. “For what it’s worth, nobody reviewing Tectrics has raised a concern about your work.”That mattered more than reassurance would have. “Thank you.”I sat down and opened the folde
Engaged to One Whitmore, Fell for the Other. Chapter 57
LaylaBy the time I finished telling Marissa what had happened, I was angry all over again.She sat beside me on the sofa, staring at the photograph on my phone. “So someone watched Adrian stop you from falling, took this, and decided to make it look like something else.”“Yes.”“And now people are questioning your job because of it.”“And Harvey decided the best way to protect my job was to take my work away.”Marissa handed my phone back. “I’d be furious.”“I am.”That was the simplest part of it. I understood why Harvey had called legal. I understood why Whitmore Capital needed communications involved once the board and the press were asking questions. What I didn’t understand was why any of that had turned into Harvey deciding what happened to me without speaking to me first.He had taken me off my assignments. Communications had told me not to respond to anyone. Then McKenzie had been sent to tell me it would be better if I went home. Not one of those decisions had been mine.“I
Engaged to One Whitmore, Fell for the Other. Chapter 56
Layla“It wasn’t only the photograph.”Harvey crossed the space between us and handed me his phone. I read the first few lines and felt my stomach tighten.Someone had sent the board a detailed account of my history with the Whitmore family. My engagement to Taylor. The financial help he had given me while we were together. My father getting his job through an opportunity Taylor helped arrange. My mother’s medical expenses.Then it moved to Whitmore Capital.I had applied for a position after ending my engagement to Taylor. Harvey had seen my application. I had been hired as a senior investment analyst. Not long afterward, I had been assigned to Tectrics, an investment Harvey was directly involved in.There was more.The overnight Tectrics trip. The hotel. Harvey and I sharing an executive suite. Our relationship being disclosed afterward.Then the photograph of Adrian and me.Nothing said I had slept with Adrian. Nothing said Harvey had hired me because he wanted me. Nothing said I h
Engaged to One Whitmore, Fell for the Other. Chapter 55
LaylaBy the time we left the Morrison resort, the weekend already felt too short.Our bags were being loaded into Harvey’s car when Adrian came down the steps behind us. “It was good meeting you, Layla.”“You too.”He looked at Harvey. “Try not to disappear for another six months.”“I saw you yesterday.”“That wasn’t what I meant.”Harvey opened my door. “I know.”Adrian stepped back. Kate came out with Sophie a few minutes later. She hugged her brother goodbye before turning to me. “Have a safe drive.”“You too.”Harvey and I left soon after.Mom sounded tired when I called from the car, but she insisted she was fine. The hospital was still monitoring her, and there had been no change to the surgery date. Three weeks had sounded far enough away when Dr. Bellamy first said it. It didn’t anymore.I ended the call and rested my head against the seat. Harvey glanced at me. “Everything okay?”“Yes. She’s tired.”His hand left the steering wheel long enough to squeeze mine. I looked out a
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