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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?"

that Ashlyn's

I'm worried I won't survive the night. But at least now I don't have to worry about

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

I can't keep this up. I hate what she's done

have to be smart about this, Jayden. If you blow the

pacing and look at him, my jaw clenched. "A new strategy? Like what? I can't even talk to Winona because of Ashlyn, and now Phillip is back. This is a

figure something out. But right

in my fury. "Fine. But I'm done playing nice with Ashlyn. What's the

nods. "Just keep it up for a while longer. I have my investigators on a few

guarantees. If she does one suspicious thing. I'm

"We need to gather more

With the

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opens 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

can't reveal my sources. But I can get what

you sure? She

she's smarter

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

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

shove Ashlyn down some steps myself. "Mother, I'd like to think it would be that easy. But Ashlyn is very volatile and

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

creases.

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