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Chapter 30

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My eyes nearly bulge out of my head. “What?”

I blink at him, trying to process what I just heard. Ace has a recording of Liam sleeping with his secretary. I mean, I had a feeling he was being unfaithful but didn’t have the evidence to prove it. But somehow Ace does…. How?

He stares down at me, unmoving. His silence indicates he’s allowing me to process the bomb he just dropped on me, but his not saying anything is making the anger bubbling in my veins worse.

“What the hell, Ace? How do you have footage of that?” I fold my arms over my chest. “I want the truth.”

Ace runs a hand through his messy hair and takes a step back as if pushed aside by the anger radiating off me. “Does it matter how I got it? We can use it against him and destroy any chance he has at progressing his campaign. It’s a win-win for both of us.”

“Ace,” I growl. “Tell me how you got the footage, or I’m walking out that door.”

His eyes darken. The ticking in his strong jaw tells me I hit a nerve, but th
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