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My Husband Brought Another Woman, I Chose His Best Friend Chapter 180
Eleanor excused herself not long after her verdict hung in the air, drifting back into the crowd with the same quiet precision she'd arrived with, leaving me alone at the small table trying to decide whether I'd passed some test or simply failed to fail it outright.Liam appeared a moment later, sliding into the seat his mother had just vacated, loosening his collar slightly like the last ten minutes had cost him something too."Well," he said. "You're still sitting upright. That's usually a good sign, in my experience.""I honestly don't know how that went.""Knowing my mother, that means it went better than most first meetings," Liam said. "She usually decides within thirty seconds whether someone's worth further conversation, and then simply moves on to the next room. She gave you considerably longer than thirty seconds. That's practically a standing ovation, by her standards.""Is that supposed to be reassuring?""It's the best I've got tonight," he admitted, reaching for my hand
My Husband Brought Another Woman, I Chose His Best Friend Chapter 179
I hadn't fully recovered from Drew's comment when Liam finally reappeared beside me, his hand finding my back automatically, some instinct clearly telling him something was wrong before I'd said a single word. "You look pale," Liam said quietly, studying my face. "What happened?" "Drew," I said. "He's here. Someone's plus one, apparently, though I doubt Patricia's list actually included him." Liam's jaw tightened, his eyes scanning the crowded room immediately, sharp and searching. "Where is he now?" "He's gone. He said what he wanted to say and left before you could catch him." "What did he say to you?" "It doesn't matter right now," I said, though it clearly did, the words still sitting cold and heavy in my chest. "Later. Not here, not with your mother about to arrive any minute." Liam looked like he wanted to argue, his eyes still scanning the room for any sign of Drew, but before he could push further, a voice cut smoothly through the noise around us, cool and precise
My Husband Brought Another Woman, I Chose His Best Friend Chapter 178
The dress had taken me three tries to zip correctly, and even now, standing in the mirror one last time, I wasn't entirely sure it was the nerves making my hands unsteady or something else entirely."You look perfect," Liam said, appearing in the doorway of the bedroom, already dressed, his tie perfectly straight in a way that made me suspect he'd redone it more than once too."You have to say that." I replied as my cheeks turned red."I don't have to say anything," he said, crossing the room to stand behind me, meeting my eyes in the mirror. "I'm saying it because it's true.""I feel like I'm about to walk into an exam I didn't study for.""You've been studying for months," Liam said. "You just didn't know it. Every dinner with Elena, every conversation with Patricia, every rumor you survived at the office. This is just the final room.""That's not as comforting as you think it is.""I know," he said, smiling faintly. "I'm better with numbers than speeches. You knew that going in."T
My Husband Brought Another Woman, I Chose His Best Friend Chapter 177
Patricia had a folder open on the conference table by the time we arrived, tabs color coded, a level of preparation that told me this gala was going to be nothing like Ralph's cake and balloons in the break room."Investors first," Patricia said, sliding a page toward us. "The Whitfield group, the Okafor family fund, two people from the sovereign wealth side who barely speak but notice everything. Smile, shake hands, let Liam do the talking unless someone asks you something directly.""I can talk," I said."I know you can talk," Patricia said, not looking up from her folder. "I'm telling you not to unless it's necessary. There's a difference between confidence and giving people a reason to write something down."Liam scanned the list beside me, quiet and focused in the way he got before anything that actually mattered to him."Anyone from the board I should worry about specifically?" he asked."Grant's bringing his usual concerns," Patricia said. "He's the one who raised the optics co
My Husband Brought Another Woman, I Chose His Best Friend Chapter 176
Sunday dinner at my place had always been loud, even before Liam, but this was the first time it had ever included him as more than a passing mention in conversation, more than a name I brought up carefully and then quickly changed the subject away from."You're actually cooking?" Amy asked, walking in with a bottle of wine and immediately eyeing the chaos on my stove."I'm attempting to cook," I corrected. "Liam's actually doing most of it.""Liam Ashford. In an apron," Ralph said, appearing behind Amy with a grin already forming across his whole face. "This I need to see with my own eyes. Photographic evidence might not be enough."He got his wish almost immediately. Liam stood at the stove, sleeves rolled up, an apron tied slightly crooked around his waist, stirring something with far more concentration than the task probably required, like the sauce might report back to the board if he got it wrong."Don't," Liam said, without turning around, clearly sensing an audience gathering
My Husband Brought Another Woman, I Chose His Best Friend Chapter 175
Elena called on a Wednesday evening, and this time she didn't want to talk to me alone."Put Liam on," she said, before I'd even said hello properly. "I want to actually talk to him. Not about him.""That's oddly formal for someone who danced with him at your own wedding.""That's exactly why I get to be formal now," Elena said. "Things are different when it's my sister's whole life on the line instead of a seating chart.""You make it sound like a tribunal.""It's whatever I decide to call it," Elena said. "Get him."I found Liam in the kitchen, sleeves pushed up, halfway through drying a mug he'd already dried once."Elena wants you," I said."Should I be worried?""With Elena, always a little.""You said that last time too.""It was true last time too."We propped the phone against the stack of cookbooks on the counter, Elena's face filling the screen, sunlight behind her, a glass of wine already in hand, the sound of Marco moving around somewhere in the background."There he is,"
My Husband Brought Another Woman, I Chose His Best Friend Chapter 4
The familiar vibration of my phone pulled me out of the first peaceful sleep I had had in days. It danced on the wooden nightstand, clashing with the smooth melodies of Frank Sinatra's voice drifting somewhere nearby. It all felt like I was in a dreamland but with someone banging on my head to wak
My Husband Brought Another Woman, I Chose His Best Friend Chapter 3
LATER THAT DAY“What do you mean you can’t make it?” I asked, knowing fully well I wanted her to hear the disappointment in my voice.On the other end, Amanda sighed. “Nina, I’m so sorry. Kayla had homework. I sat down to help her and completely lost track of time. I should’ve called earlier to let
My Husband Brought Another Woman, I Chose His Best Friend Chapter 2
The loud movement downstairs dragged me the hell out of sleep.At first, I thought I was dreaming when I kept hearing voices and strange sounds in my head. The sounds came muffled through the wooden floors, persistent enough to keep tugging at my consciousness until I finally decided to open my eye
My Husband Brought Another Woman, I Chose His Best Friend Chapter 1
“Wait a minute. Isn’t that the boss’s wife sitting right there?”My ears heard those words despite the loud music playing while I sat still with my glass of champagne in my hand. Honestly, it took a lot for me not to turn my head in their direction.I sat alone at one of the VIP tables watching cam
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