Six Years: A Betrayal Reborn

ay, Chloe

ing out over Central Park. The view was staggering, a te

ipped of the previous night's venom, replace

rything we n

elicate situation, Liam. Fo

y tasted like ash. "The one you started

re gone forever. What was I supposed to do,

hloe. It accelerat

ce already wearing thin. "Look, my company's IPO is in three

I corrected her

right now is... inconvenient. We need a story. A

your PR problem, Chloe. I jus

to her voice. "You want to go back to being engaged? That

clean break. I want you to sign a document admitting what you did. Admitting you took my assets, th

would destroy me. That would destroy Aura. I will not le

build it. Yo

ropping to a command. "My office

before I c

of her depravity. Victoria's head of security, a stoic man named Elias, d

xactly as I' d imagined: minimalist, expensive, and cold. Mark

gesturing to a chair

I said, remaining standing

going to happen," she said.

t offered me a sum of money-a pathetic, insult

ven look a

be reas

e?" I looked at Mark. "Your son

d. Chloe' s

ing my childr

nt you decided to start a family on

ed to

hink so,"

by the door moved to block my exit. They were

?" I asked, m

e have an agreement. You're a wildcard, Liam. I can't have you runnin

holding

hile. Think of it as a... cooling-off period. In a few weeks, after the IPO,

e same smile from the party, the

nued. "My people will look after you. Once the

t a more luxurious

firmly on my arms. They put me in a black SUV and drove me to a

one Victoria had given me. A slim, featurele

he door from the outside, I pulled it out

ed the

red on the fir

She's locked me in a hotel. She's trying to

the other end of the line. It was more ter

a spoke. Her

on you again. She

es

d, and I could hear the contained fury in her voice. "Now, I'm j

ne wen

r hate. It was the feeling of having someone, someone powerful, in my corner.