All Chapters of My Bestfriend’s Daddy : Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

 "And then he called her to my brunch? Which is so weird because Dad never mixes work with home stuff. Oh my gosh, Aunt Viv, do you know how defensive he gets when it comes to her? told him it was weird and he still got all defensive and-" Serena had been talking for fifteen minutes straight. Vivienne made a soft sound and kept stroking her niece's hair where they sat together on the couch in Serena's living room, afternoon light coming through the windows.  "...and then Aunt Viv, you should have seen the way he stood next to her by the drinks table. I know he does that power move thing sometimes but this felt different, it felt like..." "Like what, darling?" Vivienne kept her voice gentle. "I don't know! That's the problem! I can't figure it out!" Serena sat up, pulling away, her hands gesturing wildly. "Something's changed with Dad. He's distracted all the tim

Theodore "Jake apparently had full access to the tech development files." Mathew's voice came through the conference room speakers, his face reflected on the screen from wherever he was calling from. "The designs slated for launch, marketing strategy, launch timeline. All of it." My jaw clenched. Across the table, Eliana sat with her hands folded in her lap. The three executives beside her were staring at the screen like it might offer them solutions. "We already knew that," I said. "What we need is proof he sent it to Maxwell." "I'm working on it. My IT contact recovered some activity from Jake's computer before it was wiped. He sent multiple files to someone named Hailey in the days before we caught him." My fingers drummed once on the table. "Hailey who?" "Just Hailey. The email account has been scrubbed off and it's going to be hell finding the IP address

Eliana "Am I interrupting, Miss Ashcroft?"  I looked up from my computer, squinting at whoever was at the door and every muscle in my body went tight.  What was she doing here?! I never would have thought that I would see her walk into my office in a million years. Vivienne stepped inside, pulling the door close behind her. My hands stilled on the keyboard. She crossed to the chair across from my desk, her heels silent on the carpet, and sat down without being invited. "Miss Ashcroft." Her mouth lifted at the corners. "Am I?"  Are you what? I blinked rapidly trying to think about what she meant.   ...Am I interrupting?... My throat felt tight. "I was just finishing some reports." "Of course. You're always working so hard." Her head tilted slightly to one side.

Theodore The fire alarm split the air and the hall plunged into chaos. I had Serena's wrist, pulling her to my side as the crowd surged toward the exits. She was saying something but her voice was swallowed by the noise, by the alarm, by the sudden press of over five hundred bodies all moving in the same direction. My grip tightened around her wrist as I forged a way through the crowd for us.   "Dad," she grabbed my lapel. "Dad, what's happening?"  "Keep moving, Princess," The smoke hit when we reached the main corridor. It was harsh and acrid, making Serena cough against my shoulder. The fire was somewhere in the east wing, I couldn't see it yet but the heat pressed through the walls and the burning smell grew stronger.   The front doors were open, my security already there, funneling guests through. I kept Serena moving until the co

ElianaI knew that face. The angle was bad, the lighting worse and the video was all grainy, but I knew that face. I had seen it once and it had lodged itself somewhere in the back of my brain. He was the man at the club. The man in the corridor with Jake had asked if I was going to be a problem. It was because of him I had faked being drunk and got stuck with Jake driving me home.  "That man." I said hoarsely , my throat still scratchy from all the smoke. "I've seen him before." Theo's eyes riveted toy face. "Where?" "The club. That office afterparty, months ago." I pressed my fingers against the blanket. "Jake was talking to him in a corridor. I overheard part of it and Jake saw me and..." I stopped, swallowing a huge lump in my throat. "He played it off and got me out of there fast." He frowned. "You never mentioned this."