Chapter 122

If that happened, they’d be jealous, not teasing.

I smiled despite everything. Ethan could lighten even tough moments.

He leaned forward, serious now. “I’ve spent all day getting friendly with those troll farm admins. I know who’s been coordinating the attacks against you.”

“Who?” I set my cup down.

“Someone named Jennifer Carson meets them and assigns their daily tasks. He watched my face. “Know her?”

“Laurel Rose’s agent,” I nodded.

His eyebrows shot up. “Seriously? Isn’t that careless? Using her own agent makes it easy to trace

back to her.”

“It’s not carelessness,” I said with a cold smile. “It’s arrogance. She thinks she can do whatever she

wants without consequences.”

I ran my finger along my cup. “She expects me to be like before swallowing every insult, never fighting back.”

“Audrey…” Ethan looked concerned.

waved it off. “It’s in the

agreed, though still troubled. “It’s

spent the next two hours going through messages and payment records linking Jennifer

needed.

I suspected he understood how much I’d endured during my marriage. The fact that someone

have, hesitated to move against Laurel. I would have worried about William’s reputation and the Parker name.

on my

putting Ethan in a taxi, I walked the last few blocks home alone. The night air felt c skin. I stretched my arms out, taking deep breaths as I walked, feeling freer than

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Chapter 122

I’d dreaded had finally happened, and

brief, given my diagnosis, but mine

in thought I almost missed the figure by my door until I reached for my

Audrey.

James standing in the hallway, his

my door, leaning against it. “James. It’s late. What

stance, his face falling. “I saw the news

held out a small package.

I didn’t take it.

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