He didn’t bother responding to Evan. Instead, he turned around and opened the passenger door, his voice softening slightly.“Get in the car.”I stood there in shock, staring at Julian, who had stepped in front of me.When he saw that I wasn’t moving, Julian reached out, grabbed my wrist, and guided me into the car.In the rearview mirror, Evan stood frozen in disbelief while Maya stumbled out of the apartment and clung to his arm.After Julian took me home, I came down with a high fever that lasted for two days and two nights.The first thing I did after my fever broke was write a resignation letter and send it to Evan’s company’s HR department.As soon as I sent it, there was a knock on my door.The housekeeper told me my father wanted to see me in his study.A moment later, my father sat behind his mahogany desk. A gold-embossed invitation lay on the desk in front of him.“Sit.”He gestured toward the chair across from him, his tone as detached as ever.I sat down, my eye
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