I Was Hired To Seduce My Boss
"I am going to read it."
Liam nods, his dark eyes steady. "I am right here."
I take a breath, and I open the journal.
The pages are yellowed with age, and the ink faded but still legible. I read the first word, and then the next, and then the next. The words spill out like water from a cracked vessel, filling the space between us with the weight of the past.
I read about my mother, about the choices she made, about the secrets she buried. I read about the network, about the lives it destroyed, about the legacy it left behind. I read about my grandfather, about the man who ran, about the truth he has been carrying for decades.