Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Girl Get Ride 82

Chapter 82

Three Days Later.....

Kate stood at the hotel suite door, knocking firmly. “Shawn, are you in there?"

Silence.

Kate frowned and pulled out her phone to call him. It rang endlessly, but no one picked up, and eventually, it disconnected.

After visiting Zack, Shawn had gone completely off the grid. Texts went unread, calls unanswered, and even when she showed up at the hotel, he wouldn't open the door. The front desk confirmed he was still checked in.

“Bang, bang, bang-" She pounded on the door with determination. “Shawn, open up! I'll keep knocking until you do!"

relentless minutes, the door finally creaked open. A wave of smoke and alcohol hit her like a freight train, making her gag. "Why does it reek in here?”

on his face. He reeked of cigarettes and stale booze-like he hadn't seen

Kate

were dull, lifeless. "What do you

for days." Kate nudged her

making the

was scattered everywhere. Kate turned on the exhaust fan

been scrambling without the Hartley family's investment, but nobody will invest in the company anymore.

fiancé is? Joshua was the CEO of Fisher Corporation and the most influential person in Oak Lake. His family's got more pull than the Hartleys, with a big shot in the capital. When Joshua says jump, which company in Oak Lake would dare to defy him and invest in us?” Shawn stood there like a puppet whose strings had been

numb and mechanical, stumbled further inside. After being in darkness for so long, the sudden brightness made him dizzy and unsteady. He

of missed calls and

Shawn, struck by a sudden

you been? I couldn't reach you,”

"Are

before replying, “Yeah, why? I'm