Desires Die Hard

Chapter 62

“Mr. Hanson, can you not tell that she’s lying?” Sydney said darkly to Jake.

She had no idea that Jake was in love with Anya. He wasn’t going to take Sydney’s side.

It didn’t matter that Sydney had just called Anya a liar to her face.

Jake was firmly on Anya’s side. “Ms. MacMillan, I’ll get you someone else.”

“Do you honestly believe what she told you?” Sydney couldn’t believe her ears. She couldn’t stop herself from raising her voice angrily at the man. “We’re just asking for some help. Why do you seem so reluctant to provide it? Do you have anything against the media department?”

“Ms. MacMillan, you’re reading too much into the matter,” Jake said politely. “I’ll get you another person right away.”

He didn’t let Sydney say another word. Instead, he turned away and walked off.

Sydney was convinced that Jake was on Anya’s side and trying to help her get out of helping Sydney. As soon as he was gone, she turned and jabbed her finger at Anya. Her voice was filled with contempt. “My good sister, you sure didn’t waste any time in hooking up with your boss. I have to say that I’m truly impressed!”

Anya gave her a mirthless smile. She stared at her stepsister like one would a circus act. Fury had her tightening her fingers around the file in her hands. She tilted her chin up proudly. “Why are you trying to make me look bad in front of my boss? What do you get out of it?”

“Is that what you call this? This is just an act,” Sydney retorted, her words dripping with disdain. “You feel absolutely fine, don’t you?”

“You didn’t have to single me out. Or were you acting on the orders of your department?” Anya snapped back fearlessly. “I know you just want to order me around and make me feel bad. You don’t have to resort to this.”

to make my life difficult for me,

on her face and the tone of her voice

sister had been of a woman

out of the MacMillan family, she had been treated like a

her to do dutifully and quietly.

had only been a year.

then struck Sydney. It was her sister. Her sister had

become

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what? She had nothing. She was no

was confident that she could easily crush the woman.

D

now. No one could be sure that she wasn’t here for

any woman to get any closer to Evan.

woman was her

eyebrow. “Let me tell you something. Anya. As

was Evan

mention of the man’s name sent Anya’s head

as a person or his family fortune. She had zero interest

from her lips. “I’m not