Chapter 17 - At the party

Sydney

 "I'm Trapped, and there's nothing I can do about it," I lamented, my head in my hands.

Mike was seething while Leah stroked my hair.

 "What a jerk!" Mike under his breath. "You don't have to do this, Sydney. Just quit your job and I'll take care of the money."

 I looked up at him and said, "No, you will do no such thing. You have already done more than enough. Without you both I would have been lost. I can't take money from you."

 "So, you're going to let him do anything he wants?"

 My fingers twisted and turned. "No! If he thinks this is a game, I'll beat him at his own game. I'll go to that ridiculous party if he wants me to. But he's not going to get me." I replied resolutely.

Mike's brows were wrinkled as he glanced at me "Aiden is a powerful man who has both powerful friends and advers