Chapter 115

Chapter 115

“Another bottle,” Kris muttered, his voice barely audible over the din of the bar.

“Right away, sir,” the bartender replied, nodding briskly.

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A few seconds later, a chilled, uncapped bottle of beer slid across the counter to Kris. He picked it up and took a long gulp, drinking as much as he could until the fizz burned his throat and forced him to stop.

“I knew I’d find you here,” a familiar voice said from behind him as he set the bottle down.

“I almost gave up looking when I didn’t see you in the VIP booth,” Alden admitted as he slid onto the stool next to

Kris.

Noticing the bottle in front of Kris, relief rolled through Alden, glad that it wasn’t whiskey or scotch. He signaled to the bartender. “I’ll have a bottle too.”

Kris lifted his beer again, taking another swig, causing Alden to cringe sympathetically at the thought of how it was going to burn down Kris’s throat. But he knew his best friend needed this.

about what happened at the awards show,” Alden said, as his own beer was placed in front of him. “Big surprise. News

of sarcasm. “It’s really bad, Kris.” Kris finally turned to look at him, a frown creasing his forehead. “What do you mean?”

your mother right now is astonishing. In just the last hour, the hashtags

mother’s company. It’s like a new trend to show they’re boycotting anything to do with Miller Fashion. The stocks are tanking. At this point, I’m afraid your mother’s company might never be able

when Kris stayed silent, he pressed, “Aren’t you going

another gulp of beer. “What should I say, Alden? That my mother deserves

you think she’s behind the sabotage of Thalassa’s

Alden,” Kris gritted out. “My mother

she is? Thalassa didn’t directly accuse her,”

I did it,” Kris

nearly choked on the beer he’d just poured into his

I paid her model a million dollars to destroy her designs so my mother could keep her

set his bottle down, shock in his eyes. “Why would she

and apparently there’s some eliminated evidence. Plus, I once told Thalassa I wouldn’t let her hurt my mother

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