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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?"

know that Ashlyn's onto

not but having to sleep with that crazy woman is bringing me undone. I'm worried I won't survive the night. But at least now I don't have

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

mind racing. "I'm done pretending I can't keep this up. I hate what she's

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

stop 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

figure something out. But right now, you need to calm down. Anger

helps me." I take a deep breath to rein in my fury. "Fine. But I'm

it up for a while

try. But no guarantees. If she does one suspicious thing. I'm out of

his expression serious. "We need to

With

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her presence as imposing as ever. "If all you want is a confession from

can get what you need out

sure? She

she's smarter than me.

turned my life upside down wanting me to be with that woman and not Winona.

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

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

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

creases.

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