Chapter 272

Damn!!!

Pacing the floor of the huge office, Brianna paused for a moment to blow her nose again and rummaged in her bag for her compact, powdering her reddened face and telling herself to hold it together for just a little while longer.

She’d surely get another job—but she also needed those three blasted payslips just in case the court ruling went against her mother.

It wouldn’t, Brianna consoled herself. Their lawyer had assured them that everything was under control. A moan of horror escaped her lips at the thought of that same lawyer’s bill sitting on the dining room table—a bill that had to be paid before he’d proceed further.

What the hell was she going to do?

She’d lied to Elmo about a second interview with the Leonardo chain—she hadn’t even had the first interview yet. Her application was still sitting half-typed on her computer! Actually, she’d lied to Elmo about everything. There had been no discussion about a promotion; Gilberto had just been his usual sleazy self. She’d bee