His Dangerous Truth
“The board will talk. The press will talk. People will decide I was left, rejected, fooled, or insufficiently useful. They will turn my humiliation into an item on a social page by tomorrow morning.”
Adrian’s chest tightens. “I will take responsibility.”
“You had better.”
“I will not allow them to blame you.”
Celeste looks back at him. “You may not get to allow anything. That is the first thing you should learn now that you have decided to be honest. Truth does not obey the person who releases it.”
He absorbs that.
She moves closer, stopping a few feet away. “If this becomes public badly, I will not protect you.”
“I am not asking you to.”