SHAWN
“What do you mean I can’t come? It’s a black-tie event, it will be suspicious if you come alone to the event. People will think you unstable, yet sulking over the rumors that are blowing over the socials… who will want to do business with you then?”
I shut my eyes, my jaw tightening until my teeth ached, my hand clamping the phone so tight that it was a miracle the gadget didn’t break under the pressure.
Even as I bottled down the urge to tell Miranda off for reminding me of the recent predicament, my mind went off to the news circling the media recently—news that came with the picture of my Elara in a big-shot restaurant with Killian.
They looked sickeningly intimate, with that motherfucker’s finger trailing her jaw in a way that made my vision swim. My blood boiled even now
