Tit For Tat Chapter 13
Sloane didn’t knock.
Her makeup was a mess, her eyes red and swollen, and she was clutching her phone in a death grip.
“Adrian, why won’t you answer my calls?”
Then she saw me, and the resentment on her face was no longer hidden.
“Evelyn, are you satisfied now?”
“Cole Capital suspended my consulting contract, the industry association canceled my speaking engagement, my father told me to move out of the apartment he owns, and even my position at my family’s fund is on hold.”
“You already canceled the engagement. Why won’t you just let me go?”
I sat behind my desk.
“You made the page.”
“You downloaded the photos.”
“You edited the video.”
“No one was forcing you.”
Tears streamed from her eyes as she turned to Adrian.
“I know I was wrong. Please, just help me explain it to the board, okay?”
“We’ve known each other since we were kids. You can’t just cast me aside because she doesn’t want you anymore.”
Adrian didn’t soothe her like he used to.
He only asked, “Did you sell that secretly shot video to the entertainment blog?”
Sloane’s face went white.
“I didn’t sell it.”
“Then who sent it?”
“I just showed it to a friend. She knows people in the media. I didn’t know she’d pass it on.”
Adrian fixed his gaze on her.
“And the pictures of Evelyn and Noah?”
“I didn’t take those.”
“The payment record for the blog post shows the money came from the branding studio you control.”
Sloane’s lips trembled.
I looked up at Adrian.
So the internal investigation had found more than I knew.