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Iris didn’t know how long she sat there, staring into thin air as she recounted what had happened earlier at work that morning. She had come home without Luca after he insisted since he had a couple more meetings and documents to go through before coming home.

Helen had found out about the private after-party event even though it had not been on the media. She wondered how she had found out and who had told her or shown her pictures. She also knew about the publishing house which meant someone was feeding her information and she didn’t know who.

Maybe it was Jace. After all, there was no way for her to know if they still kept in touch. She shook her head to clear her thoughts and reached for her phone to check the time. It was almost time for Luca to be home and she was yet to change out of her office clothes.

She jumped at the knock on the door “Come in” she answered and waited for Loren to stick her head through the door with a frown.

“You haven’t come down since you came back from