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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

crazy woman is bringing me undone. I'm worried I won't survive the night. But at least now I don't have

temples. "Ashlyn is slippery. We'll have to

what she's done to my life, and I'm tired of the lies.

concern. "We have to be smart about this, Jayden. If you blow the lid now, it'll just make

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

a hand on my shoulder. "We'll figure something out. But right now,

in

up for a while longer. I

no guarantees. If she does one suspicious

serious. "We need to

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her presence as imposing as

can get what you

sure? She doesn't trust you

thinks she's smarter than me. She's

to be with that woman and not

for you. But somewhere along the line, she's completely lost it. I may want what's best for you,

too long, I want to shove Ashlyn down some steps myself. "Mother, I'd like to think it would

to try. I'm worried about

creases.

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