Broken Dreams Stories

Chapter 116

After the call with Rayna, Sandra pared around

ler mind raced as she pareilback and forth, her heels clicking against the flour.

Ber continuation with Berlyn had gor disastrously wrong. She hadn’t expected Evelyn to be so prepared, so ready to counter lier move. Sandra clenched her fists, trying to calm the anger sinanering just beneath the surface. The thought of Evelyn sitting confidently at the breakfau table. basking in their father’s approval, made her blood boil.

it what to do next. She stopped paring and glanced at her plone on the desk.

She needed to talk to Michael, to vent her frustrations, and to figure out wi her fingers thing to dal Micharl’s number

But a part of her hesitated. Should she call him or go to his office? After all, he was just as much involved in able to offer a solution if they talked face–to–face.

way, and he might be

Michael laid and they y should limit physical meetings to avoid raising suspicions, and she didn’t want to risk anything that might

chances with Derek

jeopardize her

Sandra resummed pacing, chewing on her lower lip as she weighed her options. The more she thought about it, the more she agreed that calling was the better choice. It was saler and more discreet.

With a frustrated sigh, Sandra grabbed her phone and dialed Michael’s number. She tapped her lingers impatiently on the desk as she waited for him to pick up.

Michael answered on the first ring, his voice calm and collected. “I was just about to call you,” he said.

“You won’t believe what Evelyn did to me this morning” she said, her voice trembling with barely contained anger.

“What d

did you do?” Michael askes, his tone sharpening with interest. He knew Evelyn enough to know she wasn’t someone who stirred trouble unless she was attacked first.

you mean what did

“Because I’m sure Evely

“Are you

do anything first. So,

right now?” Sandra asked in

fact. Tell me exactly

him how Evelyn had shown up during breakfast, she recorded our conversation. Michael! And then she played it for our

end of the line before

like she’s ever done that before! How can you be defending her right now?” Her grip tightened around the phone, her knuckles

ber! You should have known better than to talk to Evelyn like that, especially in a place where anyone could be listening. You were careless to have that conversation with Evelyn in the dining room of all places. Anyone could have overheard you, Michael

directed at him this time but at the situation. That’s not the problem right now. The problem is that

choice, Sandra. You can’t have both Derek and the

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can’t I have both?” she demanded, her voice rising in desperation.

other end of the line, and Sandra could almost picture Michael rubbing his temples in exasperation. “Sandra, have you considered the fact i keeping Evelyn close might actually

magazine.

It’s better to have her

as she hated the idea of Evelyn close incant she

the magazine, Michael had a point. Having

Nauclea finally abutted, a slow side spreading across her face as the plan took shape in her mund. “I need to keep

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“If you play your cards right, you can run Evelyn’s credibility at the magazine. Make her a laughingstock. Once she loses respect there, even her father will see that you’re

smile widened, the tension in her shoulders easing as she imagined Evelyn’s downfall. “Td like to

stop worrying about Evelyn. I’ve missed you. I want us to meet Michael’s voice took

too often. We agreed it’s too risky,”

my place,” Michael countered smoothly. “We’ll meet somewhere else,

let out a soft laugh, though her mind was already shifting gears. “I can’t

meeting with her?”

around her finger. “Our class reunion is taking place next weekend, and I plan to humiliate Evelyn. To do that, I need Rayna on my