His Nanny Mate By Eve Above Story

Chapter 79

Chapter 79: The Anonymous Donor

Edrick

As soon as I saw the picture on the tabloid, I knew that I had to have it taken down as soon as possible. I immediately felt my heart sink and, without another word to Selina or Moana, I called the tabloid straight away. This specific tabloid had been known to cause trouble in the past, so it was needless to say that I already knew the CEO somewhat well.

When I called his office, however, he didn’t sound too keen on selling me the image.

“I don’t know…” he said into the phone. “Tell you what; let’s talk about this in person, and maybe we can make a deal.”

I frowned. Why couldn’t he just speak over the phone, just like he always did? Either way, I had to get that image taken down; if my father saw that picture, and it was very possible that he already did, it would cause an uproar. So, I did what the CEO asked and immediately drove over to his office.

When I arrived, he was waiting for me in his dinky little corner office. It was honestly laughable to me that I had to meet a weasel like this in person.

“You can take your mask off,” he said, leaning back in his chair as I entered his office. I closed the door behind me and warily slid my mask down once I was certain that I wouldn’t be seen.

chuckle. “You know, that’s a very valuable image I’ve got. You’re gonna have to offer

eyes widened. “Someone else paid for

paid me a pretty penny to keep it on the website, if you’d believe that. How much are you willing to pay me to

keep that photograph public? I couldn’t imagine anyone who would be willing to pay so much

I said with an exasperated sigh.

CEO grinned. “A

and folded my arms. “You’re bluffing,” I said angrily. “No one would pay a hundred thousand to keep that

then pointed to a check that was sitting on his desk; when I leaned over to look at it, I saw that

holding the check up to the light. It looked

ticking,” the CEO said as he tapped his wristwatch. “Do you want the picture to stay up

out my checkbook and began to scribble furiously. When I was finished, I tore it out and

in my personal life on

eyes widening as he saw the amount. “A… Million?” he

nodded as I tucked my checkbook back into my suit jacket pocket. “Consider it a gift, and keep it off the books,” I said. “Do anything like this again, and I’ll sue you.” I pressed my fingers into his desk then and leaned forward, coming face to face

off of his desk with a shaking hand and folded it,

put my mask back on,

…

I had a few drinks and sat by myself for a while. As I drank, I couldn’t stop thinking about the mystery donor who tried to pay the CEO into keeping the image up. K.M…. Who could that be? I didn’t know anyone

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