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Vivian

Nate’s harshness was something that I knew I honestly deserved, his pain was something even more palpable.

I had betrayed him and there was nothing I could do to change that and the very idea haunted me.

The moment he drove off, I went back into the house determination etched on my face as I decided on something I had already been rolling in my mind.

I just had to make sure I paid Richard back in every penny and every cent.

I take my laptop and log into the company's logs making sure to dig into everything they have been doing for the past twenty years but nothing was coming up.

I was sweating even though I was under the Air conditioner, my body clamped with stress as my hands clicked and clacked away.

The maids were not around and the environment was as quiet as a graveyard. I hated that Nate had sent the maids and everyone home because he had prepared for a fight that had now altered the course of our already struggling relationship where for the first time I was in the