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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

me undone. I'm worried I won't survive the night. But at least

sighs, rubbing his temples. "Ashlyn is slippery. We'll have to

pace the room, my mind racing. "I'm done pretending I can't keep this up. I hate what she's done to

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

and look at him, my jaw clenched. "A new strategy? Like what? I can't even talk to Winona

placing a hand on my shoulder. "We'll figure something out. But right now, you need to calm down. Anger won't

I take a deep breath to rein in my

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

If she does one suspicious thing.

expression serious. "We need to gather more

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as imposing as ever. "If all you want is a confession from Ashlyn, you should've said." I stare at her. "How

I can get what you

you sure? She

she's smarter than

that woman and not Winona. Why the

somewhere along the line, she's completely lost it. I may want

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 think it would be that easy. But Ashlyn is very

it can't hurt to try. I'm worried

creases.

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