Alex POV
My father had called me into his office earlier that afternoon and made it very clear that I was to take Bianca out to a high-end dinner at the Pierre, because he was worried that the rumors about my assistant were starting to affect the company’s reputation and he wanted a public display of my commitment to the Sterling family.
I didn't want to go because the air in the office felt like it was charged with electricity, but I knew that if I refused, Silas would only double his efforts to make Krystal’s life miserable, so I told him I would go on one condition.
I insisted that Krystal come along to take notes for a potential real estate deal I was supposedly discussing with Bianca’s father, and even though Bianca looked like she wanted to scream when I told her, she eventually
