Her Father’s Billionaire Best Friend
For a moment the fight felt raw, a ballet of panic and muscle.
We were not trained for this. We were improvisers with a laptop and a stubborn need for truth. A fight erupted: shouts like broken glass, the slap of boots, the smell of sweat and metal. I ducked instinctively as Juliette pushed the shorter man, and she fell toward the gate. I scrambled for the USB, desperate, grabbing it from the place where I’d hidden it in the hollow of my jacket.
In the chaos, something sliced my forearm—an ugly, stinging burn—and blood bloomed warm against my skin. The taller man grabbed at my wrist, his grip like vice, and I saw Juliette’s hand strike him across the face. He stumbled—an opening.
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