Chapter 55

Everyone in the room was instantly in shock.

Kristin turned out to be James‘ woman….

No wonder she turned down 8 million. Since she had borne James‘ love child, even a sum of several hundred million would have been easy to secure, let alone a mere 8 million.

“You should step out for a bit.” James told Kristin to leave.

Kristin stood there, dazed, looking at James. Was it really him that night?

She fled the room in panic and holed up in the bathroom for ages, splashing her face with cold.

water non–stop.

All these years, she was tormented by the memories of that night, like a nightmare, gnawing away at her soul.

During her five years in prison, she had that terrible dream almost every night, dreaming of hands groping her wildly, and then dragging her down to hell.

She hated herself for not staying sober that night or sinking with the drugged drinks.

What Kristin couldn’t come to terms with the most was that, she had given up resisting at the end. She was actually responding to him.

“Kris, you okay?” Yara asked quietly when Kristin returned with her hair all wet.

Kristin just shook her head.

“The HR department wants us to fill out our personal information, you should do it.”

Kristin took the form, glanced at it, and took a deep breath.

That survey was so detailed, it even asked if you were single.

In the name field, Kristin was about to write her name but thought better of it and wrote Kristin Collins instead.

The name “Kristin Turner” had followed her for over twenty years. For the first twenty, it was a badge of pride. But these last few years, it had become a label of disgrace.

The Turner family hated her but wouldn’t let her go. She had been kicked out by the Turner family, so keeping that surname was pointless.

After filling out the form, Kristin handed it back to Yara.

“It’s a really nice name.”

Kristin just smiled and said nothing.

She stayed at the front desk until 10 PM. Once the night shift person arrived, Kristin could leave.

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with drinks tonight, so she

nodded and planned to head home alone.

a long time, but decided to wait

needed to clear things up.

behind her designated parking spot, Kristin curled up her legs and

escaped without money to buy a phone. Harriet mentioned an old phone, but she hadn’t had

soon. It would be dangerous to continue to stay here, but if not, she couldn’t be

taken care of at the club. There won’t be any mistakes,”

and seeing James

clear that they were intimidated by James‘

peeking out. With so many people around,

rearview mirror, he saw a fuzzy

about to drive off, but James spoke in a deep voice, “Get out.”

Bryce, aren’t

drive myself back.” James got out of the car and gestured

watched James, not

go back,” James frowned, disliking such pomp and pageantry.

managers exchanged glances and left with

lot was empty, James leaned against the car door and

see James looking in her direction. Startled,

one of amusement, as if he was waiting to see what Kristin was up to.

and walked

looked at

Kristin asked

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was someone he wouldn’t give a second glance in a

eye was the swan that shone brightly on stage, not

easy, which seemed to

it was?” James asked. He

years ago, he did want to take that swan–like Kristin home and

Kristin was

wouldn’t bow her head, so he just had to wait and see her

that nothing had happened that night,

say it was me? Blackmail, extortion, or

head

money from Clarence and Vincent who had slandered her.

at James, continuing, “I don’t want anything… If it was you,

into Kristin’s eyes,

woman was still as ever pushing

his father for a medical examination,” Kristin quickly explained, worried James might misunderstand. “I’m not trying to use the child…

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