All Chapters of Deception: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

A week agoAdelaide“Ralph, I want to see my father’s will.”“Adelaide, this is unexpected. I didn’t have you scheduled…”“I won’t take much of your time. I’m certain that Montague keeps you and your firm busy enough to warrant me a few minutes alone with the document.”He ran a pen through his fing

“I need to go. Wait on me for dinner Friday night.”My teeth ground together, yet my words dripped with sincerity. “Yes, Alton. I’ll see you then.”The line went dead just as the door opened. It wasn’t Ralph, but some young man, possibly younger than Alexandria.“Mrs. Fitzgerald,” he said as he plac

Charli“Tell me where you are,” Alton’s booming voice demanded.I wasn’t born yesterday. If my GPS worked for Nox, it also worked for Alton. “Let me talk to my mother, or I’m hanging up.”“I didn’t realize that Columbia had a satellite campus in Rye.” He said the word like it was a backwoods Georgia

“You saw the screen?”“I did.”My phone vibrated, indicating the call was sent to voicemail.Though I had no desire to answer that call or listen to the message, I knew without a doubt I’d pissed Alton off, more than usual. Not only did he think I’d hung up on him but now I’d refused to answer his c

My neck stiffened. "Perhaps you need to explain yourself. I'm not following you.""Come now. I've done my research. You're a very intelligent woman. It should be obvious to you that in the short time since the two of you met, Lennox's attention has been less on his work and more on you. There are de