ve Colton speechless twi

're saying right now?" He

uld have almost any woman he wanted. Why

h power and influence. She needed his help to take Gavin down. More than th

e had grown to hate those ridiculous stories where a pl

She and Colton had already s

ask someone else." Emily was quickly losing patience. She reached for the box to t

me." Colton watched her closely, like

his face, but there was nothing wa

ve him a good reason, he'd

no way I'll be able to keep half of what Gavin gave me

s world, ruthless and calculating. She knew showbiz inside and out. She had the looks, the

ded badly. Every shop she opened went under. Every industry s

rself. The project had been a complete disaster, and she'd lost everything she'd

wasn't going to gamble with that money alone.

years, and even you haven't been able to stay ahead of him for long. What chance do you think I

d. He turned his half of the fortune into property and cash before giving it

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mself, so he still has fu

y half his wealth had cost Gavin a fortune. But a

e. The settlement had hurt Gavin'

wanted a real chance to bring him down, this is it," Emil

ly seemed interested.

er up, Colton stepped in and protected her-no strings attache

o different from a

tten the whole

rther, an irritatingly familiar voice ca

ing? You're here with Mr. Willis?" Kaitlyn had spoken loudly enough

sitting across from Colt

w the hell had she still managed to run into th

ck in his chair and watched, amus

mily had asked Gavin more times than she could count to bring her here, but he'd a

rned back to Colton and kept talking like they'd really been discussing business. "Mr. W

corner of his mouth lifted as he played along.

them could say more. "You're doing

ately got on Emily's nerves. She looked

e presence t

you got so mad at Gavin because of what happened between us, and we both fel

rest unsaid and let Gavi

rned noticeably colder

s. In all the years Emily had been with him,

ford to show his hand. He'd learn

ed anything unusual, but Emily kn

ement as a cover, but Collins Group made its move-announcing Kaitlyn

r a mature, sophisticated vibe-nothing like Kaitlyn's sweet, innocent

blew up online al

ctly what an endorsement like that could me

ths tearing into them and calling them fans of a homewrecker.

still hanging on to him. When was the last time anyone even saw them together? It's

deal, but now our Kaitlyn is their global brand ambassador. That'

ut now. A CEO doing something this public for her

ng your commercial value? Those 'fashion pariah' articles were everywhere, and you needed a big endorsement to shut them up. We begged him to let you work with Untold Story, and he still said no. Said your image did