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The Schemer's Bane could make Alistair instantly sniff out anyone
nearby with bad intentions and make damn sure they got what
was coming to them.
Alistair figured, no matter how much of a lowlife Richard was,
he'd at least try to keep up appearances in public. Besides, that whole two guys
duking it out over a girl mess had just died down.
Richard had to tread carefully. No way was he that desperate to
start harassing someone right on the street.
So, naturally, The Schemer's Bane bit him in the ass.
Serves him right!
But for a creep like Richard, just having his reputation trashed
feels way too easy.
He saw Caroline's face go ice-cold.
Okay, looks like my wife is filing this one away...
It was like watching a bad movie rerun. Alistair saw Rebecca,
looking like she'd been dragged through a hedge backward,
muscle her way out of the crowd. She was so desperate to escape the fallout that she even ditched her own kid.
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Of course, I have no clue Rebecca has been planning to bail on
her son for ages...
As Rebecca hurried past them, something seemed to click, and
her head snapped up, eyes locking onto them.
She froze just for a second, pure, unadulterated panic flashing
across her face.
Caroline, noticing Rebecca practically drilling holes into her husband with her stare, jerked her chin toward Richard, who was
now surrounded. "Stop drooling over someone else's husband.
Yours is over there."
Rebecca looked like she wanted the earth to open up and swallow
her. Every last shred of her old arrogance was gone. In front of Caroline, she was completely deflated.
She felt like she'd been slapped in the face, but she didn't dare get lippy with Caroline. "He's not my husband!"
She might have been saying it to Caroline, but it felt like the words were aimed straight at Alistair.
But, just like she'd figured, Alistair's expression didn't even flicker.
He was bent down, talking to Eloise, completely ignoring her.
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her voice
were definitely a thing. You even
your
Rebecca's face burned.
pricked at her eyes, threatening to
kicker? I can't say a damn
I screw up first...
a hole would open up in the ground
her whole.
at Alistair,
cool,
so hard that it must
a tremor ran through
couldn't control.
meeting Alistair's gaze took every
courage she possessed.
so sorry. I was out of my mind back then I'm not asking you to forgive me. If you want payback, take it out
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do anything. That whole thing It has
just leave them out of
flat. "What are you
haven't got a clue."
as they don't have any proof, the Whitfield family drama
came faster now, a desperate, almost wild look hardening her face. "Then
out loud. "What the hell
to the spot, an icy chill seeping into her bones, watching
nothing left. Her life was the only thing of any value she
Alistair. So, if I give him my
to pay for the pain
tells me everything I need to know.
isn't worth a
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just can't put a
what if I actually give him my life? It doesn't
that already happens.
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Downstairs at Stellar
he was out and about, Alistair's favorite
of Caroline's workday? Without
Alistair's text message blitzes...
When Alistair texted, he had
just wanted to see her husband's face.
though they saw each other morning, noon, and
Next Second was officially a
director wanted him
some of the
swamped he was, he always made time to bring
lunch.
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had a decent lunch was
list than any
the moon with the new script draft. He'd invited Alistair to dinner, casually mentioning that the producer, investors, and the main cast would be at a lunch
Alistair politely passed.
Yves was genuinely floored..
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