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Chapter 34

Chapter 34

Chapter 34

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Yolanda was seated by the window with Charles. Then she opened Sophie’s post, enlarging the photo to lay it side–by–side with the real–life scene before her. It was a perfect match.

A faint smile touched her lips. She took a sip of juice, snapped a photo, and posted it to the private Twitter account Sophie followed. If Sophie keeps clinging to Charles, she thought, ‘he won’t have any time left for

me.

Then Charles’s phone buzzed when their food had just arrived. He took his phone and got up briskly. “I need

to take this.”

Yolanda didn’t ask anything. She simply bowed her head and focused on the food quietly.

Charles slipped out into the hallway, phone in hand. But before he could find a quiet spot, an arm reached out from the next booth and pulled him inside.

There was Rachael, who only moments before had been all sharp edges, now wrapping her arms around his neck and leaning in for a kiss.

He tilted his head away, a faint glint of amusement in his eyes.

Rachael pouted, tracing idle circles on his chest with one finger. “What’s this? Staying loyal to the wife, Mr. Sinclair?”

Charles stood tall, his features strikingly handsome under the soft lighting. “It’s our anniversary,” he said simply.

Rachael’s eyebrow arched in understanding. Anniversary rules: no funny business. She sighed dramatically, “Fine. And here I thought I’d get to steal you for a minute.”

heard you’ve been cozying up to some actor

a man like you, everyone else is a letdown, event celebrities. But he’s… entertaining. Besides, I invested in a show backed

had passed. “I’ll make it up to

she twisted his tie around her finger. “Someone was just mentioning his anniversary,

he replied coolly. “She doesn’t

all the time–perfume, lipstick, and late nights. She’d ask, of course, but a few sweet lies were always enough. She had no other experience

neck and kissed her, and then pushed

Mr. Sinclair,”

Chapter 34

his tie. Then he returned to his booth and

meticulously cutting her steak into neat

She turned to watch, her eyelashes fluttering as

particularly fond of Yolanda to begin with. But the sight

seat across from her. “Do

on her hand. This was surprising, and no wonder Sophie was so obsessed with him. “They’re lovely. I suppose all women are swayed by pretty things

the tip of her nose. “It’s

faint, clinging scent

thought, ‘How can Charles just sit here, smelling of another woman on our anniversary? And I’m suffocating under the memory of being drugged and spending those hours with

right. He hasn’t even been

ironic smile touched her lips. “Same as last year, honey. I wish every year would be just

some reason, the words left

It was a call

mountains, and she was livid. She’d bombarded Charles with a series of provocative photos, but he hadn’t responded. ‘Is he

she made this call, her voice a pained whimper. She claimed she’d been hurt, that there was no hospital nearby, and that she was

lost their grip on something important.

slowly finish her steak, and for the first time

slid a bank card across the table toward her. “For your

never a

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