Chapter 68: Slept with Who?

ELLIOT’S POV

I sat anxiously in my office, twitching the gold watch on my wrist from side to side. It was 8:30 a.m. on Monday, yet I was struggling to concentrate and proceed with the business of the day.

I kept second-guessing my decision to defy Olivia; I kept re-evaluating the threat she had forwarded to me. I wondered whether or not she was indeed going to make good on the threat. What if she truly releases the tape? What would I do? What would happen to my reputation and the image of the company? How would I ever be able to go out in public? What will mom and dad think of me?

I kept going through these thoughts when my phone vibrated on the desk. My heart jumped for a moment. I hesitated, thinking it was Olivia calling to inform me that she had carried out her threat.

But when I finally checked, I let out a sigh of relief because it was the private investigator I assigned to the case. Days ago, after Olivia showed me that conversation at the restaurant, I contacted him again and