From A Humiliating Bet To The Boss He Can’t Have Chapter 27
The day the statement went up, my new project launched on schedule.
No reporters at the event asked about the prenup.
They asked about the number of jobs the project would create, the plans for the next fiscal year, and why I had insisted on keeping the team based in Chicago.
Standing onstage, I answered calmly.
“Because this city gave me a third chance.”
After the launch event, the head of PR handed me a phone.
“The negative comments have basically stopped.”
“Grant’s confirmation statement and Sloane’s correction are both out. The company doesn’t need to make any further explanation.”
I nodded and put the file away.
The trial that should have ended two years ago had finally reached its belated conclusion.
But I didn’t feel the satisfaction I might once have imagined.
My innocence had always belonged to me.
Them returning it was not a favor.
When I walked out of the venue, I saw Lily sitting in a corner of the lobby.
She was much taller than I remembered.
The moment she saw me, she stood up at once, clutching her backpack awkwardly.
“I didn’t let my dad drive me,” she said.
The first thing out of her mouth was an explanation that Grant was not there.