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CHAPTER 8
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JULIAN“Because if I’m being entirely honest, I don’t believe the woman my son will arrive with, and that is if he eventually does, is entirely who she claims she is.”I heard Eleanor’s voice as I threw the doors to the room open, Scarlet standing unmistakably by my side.The words hit me before I’d even fully crossed the threshold. Every head turned at once, from the podium straight towards us, the cameras swinging towards us too like they’d been waiting for a cue.Scarlet’s hand tightened slightly on my arm, and I gave her a brief reassuring look before walking us straight down the center aisle, past rows of reporters and board members who were visibly twisting in their seats and exchanging glances at the stage where Eleanor looked visibly confused and uncomfortable.I slowly climbed the stage with Scarlet by my side. Eleanor shot me a venomous look as I took my place in front of the microphone. “My apologies for the delay,” I said, loud enough for my voice to carry across the room
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ELEANOR“I’ll see you out there, Julian,” I said, letting the words settle enough to rattle him. “With your wife.”I turned and walked away before he could answer, my heels clicking evenly on the floor. Behind me, I heard Vivian's voice, pitched low and enticing as she conversed with Julian, whose voice was sharper and more irritated.The thing about real control was that it never required orchestrating every single move. It was easy, really; it only required putting the right pieces in place and letting the rest burn down on its own.I hadn’t told Vivian to show up today. I hadn’t spoken to Margaret in days either, not since she called me panicked the day after the charity gala. I had no idea what either of them had done since, but whatever it was, it clearly worked. Scarlet was nowhere in sight, and rumors were going around, rumors I’d personally fueled, but they were effective nonetheless. Julian was on thin ice, and it was only a matter of time until the ice cracked and he went un
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JULIAN“I’m not doing this with you.” I turned to leave.Vivian stepped directly into my path, blocking me from moving forward.“You’re not walking away from me right now.” She gave a pretentious smile. “The event will soon start.”“Move.”“No.” Her voice sharpened, all the earlier pretentiousness fading away. “What’s your game plan here? You’re going to keep searching for a woman who’s missing in action.” Her voice became low and taunting. “Think about what happens if you’re not on that stage when the event starts. Do you really want to jeopardize everything you’ve worked for just for someone who doesn’t even want you?”I didn’t give her the satisfaction of a reply. She was right about one thing— I had a very tight deadline, and I had to find Scarlet before the event started— and wrong about everything else. “Get out of my way, Vivian.” I stepped past her, sidestepping her before she could block my way again. She grabbed my arm instead.“I’m trying to save you from yourself.” She
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JULIANVictoria Vance’s representative was already deep in her checklist by the time I found her near the stage entrance. She had a headset around her neck and two different clipboards stacked in one arm.“Mr. Cross.” She looked up from the page she was staring at. “We're finalizing the seating chart for the first row. Mrs. Vance wants confirmation that you'll be taking questions after the statement and not just before it.”“Yes I will,” I replied. “Tell her it's confirmed.” “And also, about Mrs. Cross, will she be joining you for the full Q&A session, or will she only be present for just the opening statement?”“She will be joining me for the full Q&A,” I said without hesitation, though some part of me was doing the math in my head. Scarlet should have been out of that dressing room by now. “Where is she? Is she yet to arrive?” the representative asked, her brows furrowed.“We came together,” I responded, glancing at my watch. “But we ran into a minor inconvenience, so she had to
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SCARLET Chloe led me down a side hallway away from the main building that was lined with different doors. She pushed open one of them and switched on the light, setting down the garment bag across one of the room chairs.“This should work. There's a mirror, good lighting, and most importantly, no one will bother you in here.”I set my phone down on the table by the mirror and started unbuttoning the ruined dress. Chloe checked her watch and winced. “I actually have to run. I promised the stylist I'd help her with something. Are you good from here on out?”“I'm good. Go.”“Call if you need anything.”She grabbed her bag off the chair, and on her way past the table, she picked up her phone off the table and slid it into her pocket without breaking her stride.She was halfway through the door when she turned back. “I’ll try to come back after if the event’s not over.” She called back, and then she was gone.I hung the new dress on the rack and moved over to the mirror. I sat in front
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SCARLET“The press conference is tomorrow.”The warmth in my chest curdled instantly. “What press conference?” I asked, dropping my hand to my side.“Victoria proposed it the night of the signing,” he said calmly. “It was set forty-eight hours ago.”I did the math without meaning to. My mind flashed back to the dinner and everything that came after it.“That's tomorrow.”“Yes.”Of course. Of course that was what mattered. Everything made sense now– the way his face looked at the clinic, the fear he had carried with him into the room, and the way he held my hand through the ambulance ride all the way to the private hospital. Of course all of it had a deadline sitting behind it the whole time. Of course all of it tied back to the merger he couldn't afford to lose.I'd almost let myself forget for one foolish, unguarded minute that everything between us existed because of a contract that had an expiration date. He was just a man protecting an asset, nothing more, nothing less.“So what
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JULIANThe look in her eyes should have seemed pitiful to anyone. And yet all I felt the longer I stared was disgust.Pure disgust that made me want to rub my skin raw. I pushed her away, ignoring the whimper that left her.Her head fell, eyes bouncing as she put together the pieces of the puzzle. S
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SCARLETI rarely ever had dreams. But that night, I had a very strange one. It was my father. He was fine this time, smiling and even waving at me.When I tried to reach him, I couldn’t move. I cried and tried to call out to him multiple times but he didn’t move.“Please…please don’t leave me.”He s
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SCARLETHe’s going to kill me.Those were the words that kept echoing through my mind as the car zoomed forward. Despite all the celebration and splendor, we had left the cathedral in Julian’s limousine. The metaphorical start to our new lives as newly-weds.Julian’s gaze was focused on the window.
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