Chapter 9: Love-struck Idiot

Cecilia

Could the city’s most eligible bachelor Emeric Garvalle’s true mate be Victoria?

It’s become rampant tabloid fodder. It’s everywhere, the news of them being spotted together at events, and the rumors that their packs might soon be uniting.

Now, it’s only a matter of time before everyone I know hears about all of it, and knows my life’s been changed forever. Before everyone knows Emeric and I are finally over, because he’s found someone better for him than me.

Some are just better informed.

My first big meeting for Roy’s firm is a lunch meeting with social media celebrity Caroline Collins—who just so happens to be pals with none other than Victoria Cambridge.

I knew she wouldn’t make it easy for me.

“So what was your problem with Emeric?” Miss Collins squints at me, sneering.

“I have no problem with Mr. Garvalle,” I answer politely. Like a lawyer. “He was an excellent employer, but it was time for me to move on.”

“Hmm. And why’d you quit, exactly? With no notice, if what I’ve