“Look, Adrian…”
Cassandra set a gossip magazine down on the dining table, her voice dripping with feigned sympathy. The cover showed Rosemary with a stiff smile in front of her boutique, beneath a bold headline:
“Rosemary: Rising Again Through an Old Flame?”
Adrian barely glanced at it before exhaling heavily. “I’m not interested in reading that.”
Cassandra leaned closer, her eyes gleaming. “But everyone else is. The media, investors, even your clients. They believe Rosemary is using you to boost her own name. Don’t you realize she’s playing you?”
Adrian’s gaze hardened. “Cassandra, that’s enough.”
But she pressed on, clutching his hand with mock concern. “I’m only worried you’ll be destroyed again. Rosemary isn’t a woman you can trust. She’s always looking for opportunities in your
