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104 How Did She Do It?

(Ashlyn)

The words are a cold slap, a reminder of the precariousness of my position. "He loves me," I insist, my voice shaking slightly, betraying the fear that Judy's presence instills in me.

"I'm sure," she replies, her sarcasm cutting deep.

"He does!" My voice cracks, the pressure mounting, the walls closing in.

"He's said a lot of things lately, but loving you isn't one of them," she counters, her voice a calm contrast to my increasing desperation.

The balance of power has shifted, and I feel it with every fiber of my being. Judy, with her strategic silences and her measured threats, has reshaped the battlefield. She's just shown me how easily she can pull the strings.

I eye Judy carefully, my gaze sharpening as I attempt to assert control over the conversation. "Jayden and I will stay together," I state firmly, trying to convince both Judy and myself of my words.

"He can't bear to let you touch him. He knows the truth about what you did," Judy retorts with a steely.

me. Her words

flicker of doubt crosses my mind. How does she know that? Has he confided in her, or is she just

him-that much is true. He claims my body needs time to recover. I don't believe him, but it doesn't matter. As long as we stay married, I'm convinced he'll eventually see things my

drilling into mine, each word a calculated

in my cheeks. "I know Gus

further.

my position, I snap back, "You don't know anything. They don't have to

I've won."

after everything. You've won nothing." Judy counters sharply. her voice rising slightly in volume, reverberating in the tense air

for him to realize that," I growl, my voice low and

charged with her menacing energy. "I know you set up Winona. I don't need proof. That's your style. She's telling the truth. Winona would never put the life of Jayden's baby

hate in her eyes is

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about..." My voice falters, betraying my faltering

did you? Did you really?" Judy's voice is a whisper now, lethal and quiet, carrying more

says so," I assert, clinging to the

just what you want everyone to believe? Judy's words are like

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