LOGINWhile we're playing King's Game, Olivia Bennett's male best friend, Damien Hayes, has drawn the punishment lot that requires him to spill one of Olivia's secrets. He turns to look at me, a mysterious smile curling on his lips. "Olivia needs to get my permission whenever she wishes to sleep with Ethan." The atmosphere goes quiet immediately. As Damien licks his lips, he adds, "C'mon, there's no such thing as taboo when it comes to Olivia's birthday party! Why are you guys so quiet? I thought y'all are the type who's capable of taking jokes of any kind!"
View MoreDamien ended up hitching his wagon to a much older, wealthy sugar mommy. He was a far cry from the boy who used to cuddle a Maltese puppy.Olivia tried to track me down, and not just once.She would linger outside my office building or stake out the entrance to my apartment, completely hollow and worn to the bone.Sometimes, she would launch into a hysterical meltdown, screaming about how I could be so cruel. Other times, she would dissolve into a sobbing mess, begging for forgiveness, claiming she finally saw right through Damien and that I was the only one she ever loved.But most of the time, she was just a drunk, rambling train wreck, cursing her luck and lashing out at the world.I refused to meet her every single time.Security always did its job and escorted her away.The last time, she tried to force her way inside. In the middle of the scuffle with security, she lost her footing and fell straight into a muddy puddle left behind by the rain.Her suit was covered in fi
I sat behind my desk and watched his performance without a ripple of emotion."Mr. Hayes, wherever Olivia decides to run off to is none of my business," I said. "As for the Hayes family… the law has a funny way of catching up with people. You're begging the wrong guy."The remaining spark of life vanished from his eyes. "Olivia… Livie… My Livie…"The Maltese that had served as the physical reminder of his twisted obsession was now nothing more than a punchline.The Hayes family was completely bankrupt, their assets seized.Damien couldn't even afford to feed himself, let alone a dog. Later, I heard that the puppy ended up in a local animal shelter.…The divorce went through much faster than I anticipated.The Bennetts were already dealing with trouble inside and out, so they couldn't afford another round of negative press.The footage of Olivia stepping out on our marriage was solid evidence.Wesley had even contacted me privately and hinted that, as long as I was willing to
We moved fast and hit precisely where we needed to, cutting the Calloways out of the Bennett family's mess with surgical accuracy.Throughout the entire process, Olivia didn't show her face once.The only signs of life from her were a handful of frantic phone calls demanding a face-to-face meeting.My only response was, "I'm busy. Talk to my lawyer."At that moment, Serena was sitting on the edge of my desk, her voice dripping with mockery."Well, isn't she something else? Her family is practically on fire, yet she still has time to keep her little boy toy and his precious puppy company."I kept my head down and listened, my pen flying across the lines as I executed signature after signature on the contracts.My heart was completely dead, and even wasting my breath on a sarcastic retort felt tedious.Only sometimes, when I stared at the documents for too long, my mind would wander back to the memory of the girl who had once genuinely stirred my heart.How did we end up here? D
I let out a soft laugh. "And at the exact time you heard about that, weren't you left totally alone with my wife?"Damien choked on his words. Not that it mattered.A short stone's throw away, a crew of reporters came sprinting toward the commotion with their cameras over their shoulders.I turned to Serena and signaled her to pull up the evidence."Actually, I'd love for you two to explain something to me," I said. "What exactly is the explanation for you two sneaking off to my family's vineyard to hook up and flirt, multiple times, throughout the course of my marriage?"Olivia's face paled.I casually adjusted my sleeve, flashing the cufflinks. "I hate to break it to you, but the settlement your father handed me yesterday only bought my silence regarding your little permission stunt. He hasn't paid for these videos yet.""Now this is getting good," someone muttered.The reporters immediately aimed their cameras at my phone.To make sure they got the clearest shot possible, I






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