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Chapter Eighty-Nine—Dealing With Trouble
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Leon settled into the back of his car and the driver pulled away into traffic when his phone rang. “Hello, Leon Opus.” “Leon, what the hell is going on? My people are in an uproar.” Aria’s father was on the phone. He’d called Leon to vent. “What has your people in an uproar? I’m unsure what you’re referring to. Your people may have overlooked several things I can think of. But don’t worry about it. I’m dealing with it right now. You can continue to wash your hands of all of it.” Leon wanted to avoid her father’s interference. Weeks ago, he’d said what he’d thought exactly of the senator to his face. Leon took the kid gloves off for this one again. “You sold me damaged goods, and instead of returning those goods, I’m making improvements.” “What are you talking about? I didn’t wash my hands of Aria, and what goods did I sell you? I’m not following.” The senator groused unhappily in indignation. “You set me up to take Aria off your hands
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Michael finished up in his office and then went to find Julie. He couldn’t leave things like this. Michael wasn’t sure what happened, but she wasn’t herself in the meeting. He noticed her struggle and wanted to reassure her. Michael was certain she reacted to something from the meeting. With a coffee in one hand and her medication in the other, he had a ring box burning a hole in his pocket with a new engagement and wedding ring combination inside it. Michael wanted her to see it as an effort he was making to prove to her she meant something to him. He found her in her office glued to her laptop. Beckett saw him and gave him a nod before he exited the office without an explanation. Michael would take that as Beckett was giving them some time together. He got her attention; Julie took her earbuds out, and he could hear the computer reading aloud her writing to her. “Hey, can we talk?” She’d been editing some of her writing. Julie tracked her writin
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“I’m sorry Beckett, but what are you talking about?” Michael relaxed his embrace. Julie slipped from his arms uncomfortably and watched him speak with Beckett. “The answer to your request for a retraction is out, but I think it’s had a wider fallout than you expected.” Beckett moved to Julie’s laptop and pulled up a search on the article and responses to it. He didn’t have a problem finding it. There were several already trending. When her browser came up, it displayed breaking news, and it appeared in more than one spot. “Explain.” Michael became all business. Julie had seen this aspect of his personality before. He stared at the screen as Beckett pointed out the articles and summarized it for him. “Sir. Other outlets are picking up the retraction and using it to criticize the outlet who published the original article. Searches are up on your company and on A.K. Crusader. They’re using it as an example of shoddy journalism and what the industry i
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“Julie, why are you trying to take the blame here when it’s clearly mine? It makes little sense, love.” Michael turned his phone off and put it down. He took hers and repeated the action. Then before she could do more than protest, his taking her phone. “No. I think it’s time these disappeared. We’ll deal with this now.” He pulled her into his lap and used his arms to hold her and keep her close. “You aren’t at fault in this. You’ve consistently portrayed me as a decent person to others. Though I haven’t done the same for you. You never stopped caring, no matter how horrible I or anyone else was to you. I judged you solely based on your appearance and my preconceived notions about women. I overlooked what was right in front of me, prioritizing the opinions of others. You endured not only that, but also everything else people threw at you. I’m the one that used your generosity to prevent you from dating selfishly all while I paraded my lovers in front of you. Hell, you planned my weddin
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