Chapter 38: The True Face of a Villain

[Juliette’s POV]

“So we’ve hit the jackpot,” I whispered, my lips quivering in fear and anguish, my eyes glowering at the carpet floor.

That jerk of an asshole Virtus… How dare he lie to me.

“We’ll have to think of something else now. In the meantime, you may want to get your phone checked. I have a feeling it’s tapped.”

“But Ralph wouldn’t—.” And I paused. The lump in my throat forbade me from jumping to Ralph’s defense, not when he had lied to me about helping me with the investigation and trusting me. How naive could I get!

“After what just happened, I think he would, and I had proven my point, J. Shit, I gotta go. His PA is calling me, and I have to return this phone to Christine before he catches me using it.”

It was then I heard his voice reverberating in the background; he was in the stairwell.

I was astonished. “You’re using her phone to call Agatha?” Smart move.

“I've got no choice, do I? I’m under scrutiny, J. That Ben Smith’s been hovering around me like a vul