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Chapter 99

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Knoxx’s Point of View

I sit at the end of a long dining table and hold my glass tightly to withstand the toast being offered to me. The room is warm with chatter, laughter, glasses clinking, and the murmured praise of people who think they know me, who think they understand my life.

"You are one lucky man," says one of the senior executives, swirling the wine in his glass. "What a beautiful and talented wife, with a successful career of her own! If you ever needed proof of being blessed, you have it all."

I don't bother correcting him immediately. I have done it far too many times tonight. Each time I state that Dolly is not my wife and that we are not married, I open up opportunities for more questions, more insinuations.

“Dolly’s not my wife,” I say, my voice even, controlled. “She’s a business partner.”

“Come on, Knoxx,” another man says with a laugh. “She just had your baby. She practically is your wife.”

I tighten my jaw and say nothing. There’s no reason to answer.

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Susan
what a stupid man, he didn't even know that he hurt caroline badly.
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Robin
Well he shouldn’t have had a child with someone else while married and let that witch do mean thing’s to his wife
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