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"Still no word from Leo? Are you kidding me? What the hell is wrong with all of

you? He's a public figure! You let him run around unsupervised like this? Do you

even realize the risks? What if something happens to him? Who's going to answer

for that?"

Paige's heels clicked furiously across the marble floor as she paced, one hand

clenched into a fist while the other gripped her phone. Her voice cut like glass.

"Oh, he's an adult? And that means what, exactly?" she snapped. "If something

happens to him, are you going to take the fall?!"

She hurled the phone onto the couch, arms crossed tight against her chest as she

stormed back and forth. Everything lately had been slipping through her fingers,

and she hated it.

She'd planned everything so carefully—her moves calculated, her strategy

flawless. Alistair should've gone down for good. Instead, he walked free.

And not only that, her attempt to turn Mabel against Caroline had backfired

completely. She hadn't driven a wedge between them—she'd just drawn suspicion

to herself. Even Gordon, who had once trusted her like family, had started keeping

his distance.

She was still a Reed, yes, but she was also an Ashbourne by

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blood. And now she wasn't even welcome at Ashbourne Manor. How pathetic

was that?

And now Leo was missing. No calls, no texts. Radio silence.

She was driving her insane.

Paige prided herself on control. Leo had always been like a kite. She could let him

soar, fly as high as he wanted, but the string? The string always stayed in her

hand.

Now that string had slipped through her fingers. And she had no idea when, or

how.

She picked up a glass of water, took one sip, and then,

unsatisfied, hurled it across the room. The crash echoed off the

walls.

A maid tiptoed in, trembling, to clean it up.

The phone rang again. Paige rushed over, her heart leaping, only to sink when

she saw the caller ID. Disappointed but composed, she forced her tone into its

usual polished calm as she picked up. "Giselle," she said sweetly, "what is it

now?"

Giselle said made Paige's lip curl.

had hit

had to mention Caroline again. Always the worst

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had been her media team that first

opinion to paint him as some scheming social climber. It was

paparazzi outside Vreon Technologies,

Alistair in the lobby. The one that went viral with headlines

Gold-Digging Man Married to

ambush interview, the

the time, she thought she was doing everyone a favor. If Alistair turned

would even thank her for unmasking

be Caroline. And to Giselle, that

bonus.

Alistair went down, Caroline lost her husband.

mud. And the Reeves family? They'd slide right into

spot.

just personal. It

not out of justice, but

against Caroline

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family had been gunning for the Ashbournes

years.

on the

They all

one? That meant

no one would remember who came in

medals didn't

Reeves family overlooked the

most powerful

already hear it: "That's Giselle Reeves.

else in the

long enough. It was time for Giselle to

place.

things were going according

Alistair got arrested.

later, he was

straight to the top-judges, prosecutors,

way the Ashbournes could

his power, would

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abuse the system.

not for the man

as her daughter's husband.

it came out that she'd been

campaign, Caroline wouldn't let it slide. And Caroline didn't play

soothingly, the same way she

nothing happens to

words felt hollow this time,

on Paige when Paige couldn't even protect her

with regret. But she didn't dare show it.

into the Reed family.

Leo come home yet?" she asked carefully. "I've

picked up. Has he started a

too busy to even

to the chest.

been busy."

call ended, she grabbed

rushed out the door.

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