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101 Sleeping With the Enemy

101 Sleeping With the Enemy (Jayden)

The morning after the custody hearing, I woke up with a pounding headache. Sleep was almost impossible. Ashlyn being beside me makes me nervous. I came into the office early to try and clear my head. Now I

I'm hoping this black coffee will help.

The judge's decision is still fresh in my mind, and although I understand that Abby being with Winona is probably best for her, the thought of Phillip being back in the picture fills me with rage.

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Winona is my world, and now I can't even talk to her because of Ashlyn. I need to find a way to fix this, to be with Winona again.

My lawyer, Daniel Richards, walks into my office, a grim look on his face. "Jayden, we need to talk."

My secretary must be on the job already. Good, we have a lot of work to do with Brennan Industries. But more crap news is not what I need. Anger is bubbling just below the surface. "What now?"

Daniel nods, taking a seat across from me. "Ashlyn approached Winona in the bathroom at the courthouse yesterday. She told her there'd be no confession. Winona was wearing a wire. She knew what they were up to." "Are you kidding me?" I explode, slamming my fist onto the table. "All this pretending, all this acting like I'm still in love with Ashlyn, and it's been for nothing?"

don't know that

not but having to sleep with that crazy woman is bringing me undone. I'm worried I won't survive the

his temples. "Ashlyn is slippery. We'll have to find another way to get the truth

this up. I hate what she's done to

his eyes filled with concern. "We have to be smart about this, Jayden. If you blow the lid now, it'll

strategy? Like what? I can't even talk to

shoulder. "We'll figure something out. But right now, you need to calm down. Anger

a deep breath to rein in my fury. "Fine. But

for a while longer. I

If she does one suspicious thing.

"We

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again and in strolls Mother like she's a queen or something. She sits down next to Daniel, her presence as imposing as ever. "If all you want is a confession from Ashlyn, you should've said." I stare at her. "How did you

can

sure? She doesn't

smarter than me.

turned my life upside down wanting me to be with that woman and not Winona. Why the hell would you do this now?"

I may want what's best for you, but Ashlyn crossed a line with your baby. A line I would

wrenches thinking about how she's deliberately done that to herself and the baby, to frame Winona. If I let myself think about it too long, I want to shove Ashlyn down some steps myself. "Mother, I'd like to

point, it can't hurt to try. I'm worried about you being

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