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.

at the awards show,” Alden said, as his own beer was placed in front of him.

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

eventually find out. “The amount of hate online directed at your mother right now is astonishing. In just the last hour, the hashtags ‘Queen Of Sabotage‘ and‘ Boycott Miller Fashion‘ have been posted over 100,000 times. And it doesn’t look like it’s going

mother’s company. It’s like a new trend to show they’re boycotting anything to

silent, he pressed, “Aren’t you going to say anything?”

out a bitter laugh, taking another gulp of beer. “What should I say, Alden? That

frowned. “So, you think she’s behind the

don’t fucking know, Alden,” Kris gritted out. “My

she is? Thalassa didn’t

did it,”

the beer he’d just poured into

to destroy her designs so my mother could keep her title. Can you believe that?” Kris chuckled, but the pain

bottle down, shock in his

model told her, and apparently there’s some eliminated evidence. Plus, I once told Thalassa I wouldn’t let her hurt my mother and would defend her if necessary. Fuck, I don’t even

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