Chapter 28: Lies

"You know, Athena, when I saw your message a few hours ago, that you wanted to see me by this time, I didn’t believe it. You don’t permit morning meetings. To you, it is a sacrilege. What changed?"

Athena laughed, stood up from her seat and gave Zane a side hug. "You are exaggerating again, Zane. Good morning. How was your night?"

Zane pouted. "I’m not sure. I woke up to this morning to trouble. Ewan’s company was going under, and then all of a sudden, everywhere was bright and clear. You had anything to do with it? My father thinks you do."

Athena sipped from her second cup of orange juice.

Ewan had left thirty minutes ago, after she told him she was expecting a client.

She had avoided mentioning Zane, knowing it would trigger the male.

Now, she didn’t understand why she did that.

Was she having a soft spot for him again? She forbade it!

"They met this morning?"

"Yeah." Zane answered, before calling a waiter.

Athena’s eyes glistened with awareness.

Zane’s statement explained why Ewan had been so sure that she had been behind the attack, why he had advocated for a truce.

Herbert must have told him of their past.

She wondered whether the old man told Ewan about the details, and the deal.

She didn’t think so. The proud man won’t strip himself like that. He didn’t even tell his son.

"So, what do you think, Zane? You believe your father?"

"About you being involved? I don’t think so. It must be someone else with a vendetta against Ewan. You aren’t that vindictive."

Athena smiled.

Zane still had a lot to know about her.

at least; she didn’t do it.

beat

furrowed her eyebrows. "KN media?

my research on the

expected. They aren’t exactly consistent. But they are good press, with a huge amount of subscribers. Twenty thousand dollars for monthly subscription. You can afford

mouth fell open.

think I have a newspaper at home.

not believing her

thousand dollars per month for a newspaper? It

But she will check them out before

been here for a while?" Zane pointed at the cups on the table.

"Yeah, Ewan."

turn to

"Ewan Giacometti?"

Athena nodded.

you are really set on springing up surprises on me

softly, and took a sip of her drink. "It was necessary. He had the notion that you and I had been behind the attacks on

too. I thought it was a joke though." Zane accepted the drink served by the waiter,

him

knew who had attacked his company... had to set

on the table. "My father was

It was done out of blind loyalty. That’s why everything has been cleared up, I convinced the person to take it

"Who’s the mystery person?"

even as Zane asked this question, he knew

drumming her fingers on the table, he wondered

say? Ewan, I mean..." He

accepted to treat his people and reduced my

laughed. "You were never really going

Patients’ lives matter to me so much, no matter who they are. I was just doing business, checking to see how far

shaking his head. "You are really crazy, Athena. I can see who Kathleen

Athena squished her nose.

Zane tapped it fondly.

called a truce; Ewan and I. We are partners

immediately plunged to a

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