Chapter 24

What exactly did he have in mind when he stated in his remark that she and David had made peace with one another?

She had just enough time to observe him walk into his study before she entered the hallway, but before she could follow him, a slightly intoxicated version of Annet approached her. “You are magnificent, Anna. You really deserve credit for that.

That is something I never would have thought. Even when David took me out to lunch after my birthday, told me that he simply thought of me as a friend, and interrogated me about you, the idea that you knew him so well never crossed my mind. Up until...'

“He told me in great detail about what happened between you and him on his yacht! Anna shrieked out as the color left her face, leaving her as pale as a sheet. Her face had become ice cold. As David had threatened, Annet must now know about their one-night affair. David must have told her. How was it even possible for him to be that cruel?

“Anna, you don't need to put on the look