Too Late, Guardian: I Choose Him Now

Chapter 7

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, the wool of his blazer a small comfort against her chilled skin. Her refusal to apologize hung in the air, a silent act o

ttering threats of lawsuits,

anite. "This is your last chance, Alaina. Apologize." He paused, and his next

. The word twi

oice a blade of ice, "you're

sed suit stepped inside. It was Caleb Hayes, Julian's executive

corridor camera. I've also had the audio isolated and enhanced. The bac

nged a look of pure pani

ce wall. The screen flickered to life, showing a high-angle

. A few moments later, Blair and Victoria followed. There was no video fro

the silent room. "...she's just shameless,

as if he'd been struck. His eyes were

t she's already slept with Derrick. Why else would he keep he

. Each word was a slap in the face, not to

was dawning on him, the horrifying, sickening truth. Her fury, the sla

pression utterly remote. A wave of shame so powerful it made him physically recoil wash

uing scuffle. The evidence was irrefutable. Alaina wasn't the aggre

ke a fish. Her face burned with a humiliation far worse than any

ooked at the two girls with cold professionalism.

knew exactly what the outcome would be, turned off the monitor. He let the silen

oft but deadly. "Who do you

hen he looked at her eyes, they were empty. They were like polished stones, devoid of a

er a disappointment. He had demand

nt, settled on him, and for the first time in his adult life, the

d on a spot on the floor, as if this victory, thi

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“I rushed through the freezing rain to deliver medicine to Derrick Harmon, my guardian and the man I had secretly loved for ten years. But the door was opened by a famous supermodel wearing his dark silk robe. Derrick looked at my soaking wet clothes, casually dismissed her as a "casual fling," and sent me back out into the storm. Later that night, his niece and her rich friends cornered me at a club, loudly mocking my secret crush and calling me a disgusting parasite who tried to seduce her own guardian. When I slapped one of them for dragging Derrick's reputation through the mud, Derrick suddenly appeared. He didn't ask what happened or why I was trembling. He just looked at me with piercing disappointment. "Apologize to them. Don't make me more disappointed than I already am." I stared at him in sheer disbelief. I had spent my entire youth devoted to him, and I had just risked everything to defend his honor, yet he condemned me without a single question. Even after the club's security footage proved my innocence, he merely stood there as his model girlfriend arrived to kiss him in front of everyone. The quiet, hopeless devotion I had held onto for a decade finally shattered into dust. I turned my back on his sudden, desperate apologies and looked up at Julian, my untouchable, billionaire cousin who had silently shielded me the entire night. "Can we go now?" I asked, choosing to step into his car and walk away from Derrick forever.”