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I stared at Liliana, still reeling. She was really standing there, arms folded like some self righteous martyr, telling me it was time I faced the consequences of my actions. Me? I wanted to laugh. No, actually, I wanted to slap her across that smug little face of hers.Me? Face the consequences? If I had to, then so should she. And so should Marceline. God, especially Marceline. She was the root of all this rubbish. She started it. She always thought she was so untouchable, like she moved the pieces on the board and everyone else just shuffled along. But if we were talking about people who needed to be held accountable, she should be first in line. I still remembered how it started, how Abigail’s stubborn refusal to return to Conrad began to grind against Marceline’s nerves. At first, I thought Marceline would let it go. On my part, I was relieved. Abigail had been staying away from the house and turning down every attempt Conrad made to contact her, and for a while it seemed like th
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AbigailI had a feeling it would be him.The moment my phone lit up with a private number, I paused with my pen still in hand, and the margin of the company management book dotted with my scribbles. For a second, my chest tightened, but then a small, knowing smile crept across my face. It was about time.I hadn’t heard from Ross Delaney in days, not since that evening at the theater, and though I’d occasionally wondered if I’d pushed him too hard, I never doubted what I’d said. I’d told the truth. I’d given him enough to make him curious, enough to get him digging. It was only a matter of time before he realized just how much money had been funneled out of his pocket under the guise of a golden investment.So when he asked if I’d join him for an early lunch, I didn’t hesitate. The address he texted me after I agreed was a quiet, upscale restaurant tucked away in one of the city’s most expensive districts. I arrived five minutes early, but Ross was already seated.He spotted me as I w
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AbigailA week had passed since I’d walked away from that restaurant knowing Ross Delaney would sign with me instead of Conrad. The deal was finalized the next day, and since then, I’d barely had time to breathe. My schedule had been packed; visiting the new site Ross had chosen for his specialist center, meeting with a new construction firm that wasn’t handpicked by Conrad’s circle, helping draft early-phase logistics for Ross’s team. And still, I’d managed to stay out of Conrad’s line of fire. Not a word from him, no unexpected appearances. It was as though I’d disappeared off his radar entirely.Part of me was surprised, knowing how Conrad was. The other part? Relieved. I didn’t want his attention. Not now. Not ever again, if I could help it. His attention was like a spotlight that burned, never warm and never kind. If anything, it made me feel like prey, and I was tired of being hunted. Maybe Ross hadn’t told him who had stolen the deal from right under his nose. Maybe Conrad stil
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AbigailElle was a genius, barely in her twenties, and had already finished both high school and university ahead of her peers. She was such a prodigy a director at the company had scouted her right after graduation. According to the information in the file, Elle had been the unsung hero behind many of the successful deals that Conrad had closed. She’d done all the heavy lifting, and then Conrad would swoop in at the last minute, taking the credit, making sure his name was the one attached to everything. She was the one behind half of the Remington Group’s successful mergers this quarter, if the internal reports Roxy gave me were anything to go by. The workhorse behind Conrad’s polished triumphs.And she was here, crying.“Oh, I see,” I said, keeping my tone light. “I was actually looking for Lauren.”“She’s in a meeting,” Elle replied, her voice still a little shaky. “With the mid-level audit managers. Shouldn’t be too long though, if you’d like to wait?”Normally, I’d have excused m
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Abigail“Recently, I brought in a very lucrative client,” she said, voice growing bitter. “A big fish. It took months to court him. I spent weeks combing through his business goals, personal history, everything. When I finally convinced him to sign, I thought maybe, just maybe, I’d get some recognition.”I knew the client before she even said another word; Ross Delaney. Whatever had brought Elle to come cry in Lauren’s office, my recent talks with Delaney surely had a part to play in it. “But when my boss found out who the client was,” Elle said, “he stepped in and just took the contract away from me like I was some intern running errands. He said he’d ‘handle it from here.’” I watched her throat bob as she swallowed hard. “He messed up. Big time. He rushed the purchase of a property for the client’s logistics expansion, but he didn’t verify the zoning properly. The site is flagged for long-term erosion risks. And I I told him. I told him it was dangerous, but he told me to keep quie
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ConradThe third glass of bourbon didn’t bring the calm I’d been hoping for.It never did, if I was being honest. The fire in my chest was one that was tight and restless. It wasn’t the kind a drink could tame. Not today, not with the kind of nonsense Elle had walked into my office with an hour ago. I downed the rest of the glass in one motion, the burn slipping down my throat uselessly. It didn’t even scratch the surface of the fury coiling under my skin.Of all people, Ross Delaney was the last I expected to throw a wrench into the works of my plans. We’d shaken hands, laughed over overpriced steak, called each other directly to hash things out. We weren’t just partners in business, we were already friendly, goddammit. And now Elle had the nerve to stand in front of me and say he was “no longer comfortable moving forward”? That he wanted a full refund for the money he’d already invested?I moved to the decanter again but stopped short of pouring myself a fourth glass. My hand clenc
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ConradI was tempted to call Mary a liar. Abigail, of all people, was behind this?It felt like the punchline to a joke no one told me I was a part of. My wife was not only coming to my territory, but signing my clients? Getting her claws into my deals? And no one thought to mention it to me.“Oh, that’s rich,” I chuckled, still laughing as I turned and made my way back to the bourbon. “Abigail,” I repeated, like the sound of her name alone could feed the growing rage inside me. “She’s working here now?”“I…yes,” my foolish secretary replied, barely above a whisper.“And you didn’t think to tell me this?”“I…I didn’t think it was my place, sir.”I poured another glass, my hands steady now. The initial fury had passed. What remained was something meaner.So this was what Abigail’s silence towards me meant. This was her trying to make a statement, her idea of revenge; sliding into the company like she belonged. Still smiling, I took a sip of bourbon and let it sit on my tongue. “Thank
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ConradI felt the heat of the intern staring at me like a dog caught doing something wrong. But it didn’t matter to me. All I could see was my wife. And I hated, really hated, how much I still wanted her to look at me like she looked at that boy.“You think this is a game?” I asked, voice lower now. “You think you can come back and play office dress-up, steal my clients, smile at interns, and I won’t care?”“I don’t care what you feel,” she snapped. “You’re wasting my time.”I stepped closer. “You’re still my wife.”“Not here, I’m not.”And just like that, she turned her back on me. I wasn’t going to take it. I grabbed her wrist before she could turn away again.She froze. “Let go of me, Conrad.”“Not here.” My voice came out tight and low. “You want to do this in public?”Her eyes blazed, but I didn’t wait for her answer. I pulled her after me, ignoring the hissed protests, the way she dug her heels in just slightly to resist. She tried to wrench her arm free more than once, but I di
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Abigail I didn’t know where I was going, I just kept driving. One street turned into another and headlights flashed past me in a blur. The city was quietly winding down while something restless stirred in my chest. My fingers were clenched so tight around the steering wheel, they ached. I told myself I would find a hotel. Or maybe I would go to Roxy’s, even though it was too late and she’d worry. But the truth was, I wasn’t thinking clearly at all. I wasn’t thinking at all.I just didn’t want to go home.And somehow, without meaning to, I ended up here. The car rolled to a slow stop in front of the tall, glittering building before I fully realized where I was. I blinked up at it, dazed and slightly breathless, my stomach twisting into an uncomfortable knot. I knew this place; it was the high rise I had met Alexander before we went to Ridgewell to see Liam. The lights shimmered against the glass like stars in a city that forgot what the real ones looked like. But I wasn’t looking at
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AbigailAfter work, I found myself walking to the park instead of driving straight home.I told Roxy I’d leave early today, mostly because she looked ready to duct-tape me to my chair if I didn’t. But now that I had, I didn’t know what to do with myself. My body wasn’t worn down enough, and that small sliver of energy still lingering in me made me restless. If I’d had my way, I would’ve stayed in the office till one a.m., working until even my thoughts couldn’t keep up with me anymore. But Roxy had been especially worried lately. So, I’d smiled, packed up, and walked out like someone who had a life waiting for her outside those walls.I didn’t.So, here I was, wandering through the park with my coat still buttoned, my shoes making soft sounds against the path. The air was crisp but not cold, and the faint scent of blooming grass and wet earth filled my lungs. It was peaceful, in a way that made the ache in my chest feel sharper.To my left, I noticed a picnic spread out on a checkered
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RoxyAnd yet he always asked as if he had nothing to do with it. As if it wasn’t his driver who opened the door for me, or his expense account that covered the seafood platter I’d been daydreaming about since 3 p.m.I settled in, crossing one leg over the other. What I couldn’t quite wrap my head around what I never could was how a man like Alexander could share even a single drop of blood with someone like Conrad.Conrad Remington, the walking ego. The emotional toddler. Every time I thought about him, it made me want to demand a DNA test on Alexander’s behalf. Maybe they swapped cribs at the hospital. Maybe one of them was adopted. Maybe God just wanted to play a particularly cruel practical joke.Still, why was I thinking about Conrad with what was in front of me?Sitting beside Alexander was one of the most delicious motivations I’d ever had for showing up anywhere on time; Daniel Woods, his secretary. The tall drink of sin I’d been lowkey thirsting over since the first moment I l
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RoxyI yawned so hard I swore my jaw cracked. My screen dimmed in front of me, signaling the finality of another day. With a satisfying click, I shut down my computer and sat back in my chair, allowing myself a tiny internal cheer.Done. All of it. Not only had I cleared every task on my to-do list—emails, reports, that ridiculous revision James from Marketing demanded this morning—I had also accomplished the almost-impossible: I’d managed to convince Abigail to leave on time. No 11 p.m. grind, no haunting the office like a lonely ghost with the cleaning crew. She actually packed up and went home like a normal person. That was a victory in itself.I stretched my arms above my head and yawned again, this one longer. All I wanted now was to kick off my heels, boil water for some scandalously sodium rich ramen, and fall asleep in the middle of an episode of Love & Lies: Southside Edition. It was my guilty pleasure, that trashy little reality series with way too many slow motion breakups
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AbigailI told myself not to let that reflection haunt me. It was just a slip. I had slept poorly last night and barely remembered to eat breakfast this morning. I was tired, yes. A little thinner? maybe. But I wasn’t broken. I wouldn’t let my own reflection, however unfamiliar it seemed, get to me.By the time I returned to the office, the feelings of listlessness still clung to me like damp clothes, but I pushed through. I had too much to do to afford even a second of moping. The artificial white lights overhead buzzed softly as I walked through the open-plan floor, sandwich bag in hand, ignoring the curious glance Elle shot me from her desk.She didn’t say anything. But the slight furrow in her brow and the tight purse of her lips told me exactly what she was thinking.She didn’t like that the small bag in my hand was far too small for the elaborate meal she had wanted me to return with. I sat down without acknowledging her and unwrapped the sandwich like it was the key to world pe
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“You don’t have to stress yourself over me,” I said quietly, watching Elle storm around like a small, angry thundercloud. She spun around sharply, her eyes flashing. Before she could say anything, Roxy stepped forward. Without a word, she pulled her credit card from her pocket and thrust it toward me. “Go get lunch,” she said, her voice firm. “Anything you want. Expensive, greasy, complicated, I don’t care. But when you get back, I better see a substantial charge on that card, or I swear I’ll put you on forced vacation.” I opened my mouth to protest, but Roxy narrowed her eyes at me like a predator eyeing its prey. And Elle looked like she’d physically drag me to the nearest restaurant and force feed me if I dared say no. So I just nodded, accepting the card with quiet obedience, even though I felt like a child being scolded by two very determined mothers. I grabbed my bag and left the office, their combined gazes hot on my back, daring me to come back empty-stomached. As I stepp
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AbigailI stared at the list for a few moments longer, letting my thoughts drift. Allan would be the last one I would target for a while. Things were heating up too fast. Conrad was furious with how successful I was; Elle often gossiped about how her old coworkers were walking on eggshells around him, flinching at his temper and avoiding his gaze. And he’d threatened me two more times since that embarrassing outburst in the hallway, his words carrying warning. Ha, all bark, no bite.He didn’t scare me. What did I have to lose? There was a meeting coming up in a few days and something about the way the internal memo had been worded told me there was going to be a vote. I wasn’t totally off guard, I had heard things from the talk making its way around the company. It had to be about that risky new project Conrad proposed a while back. On paper, it looked promising and bold. But the risk was astronomical, and I knew most of the board members were hesitant to sign off on it.This was my
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AbigailAfter Conrad dragged me into that conference room and tried to intimidate me, I walked away with my heart steady and my head high. Trying to rattle me and drag me back into the little box he once kept me in had failed. If anything, it only lit the fire under me.Ross Delaney had only been the beginning.Elle submitted her transfer request the very same day. I’d barely finished going over a few client files when she popped her head into my cubicle and asked, “Still want me?”I nodded, smiling. “More than ever.”By the time the sun dipped below the skyline that evening, Roxy strolled by my desk, leaned against the frame of my door with her usual languid elegance, and quipped, “You work fast.” Her mouth lifted in a smile. “I saw the transfer request from Acquisitions a while ago. Mr. Hayes already processed it. Elle’s yours.”“Thank you,” I said, smiling back at her. I liked the way Roxy often looked at me these days. I had always seen respect there, but now, there seemed to be mo
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ConradI felt the heat of the intern staring at me like a dog caught doing something wrong. But it didn’t matter to me. All I could see was my wife. And I hated, really hated, how much I still wanted her to look at me like she looked at that boy.“You think this is a game?” I asked, voice lower now. “You think you can come back and play office dress-up, steal my clients, smile at interns, and I won’t care?”“I don’t care what you feel,” she snapped. “You’re wasting my time.”I stepped closer. “You’re still my wife.”“Not here, I’m not.”And just like that, she turned her back on me. I wasn’t going to take it. I grabbed her wrist before she could turn away again.She froze. “Let go of me, Conrad.”“Not here.” My voice came out tight and low. “You want to do this in public?”Her eyes blazed, but I didn’t wait for her answer. I pulled her after me, ignoring the hissed protests, the way she dug her heels in just slightly to resist. She tried to wrench her arm free more than once, but I di
