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

agreed, though still troubled.

hours going through messages and payment records linking Jennifer Carson to the smear campaign. By

needed.

saw the anger beneath. I suspected he understood how much I’d endured during my marriage. The fact that someone I’d known briefly

few months ago, I might have, hesitated to move against Laurel. I would have worried about William’s reputation and the Parker name. But now?

on my

few blocks home alone. The night air felt c

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I’d dreaded had finally happened,

brief, given my diagnosis, but mine

I almost missed the figure by my door until

Audrey.

turned to see James standing in the hallway, his tall frame

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

stance, his face falling. “I saw

package. “I brought

I didn’t take it.

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