I was now sitting on the bed, I collected the paperwork that Fallon had thrown my way. With them in my hand, I realized they were the exact ones that I had read that were sent to my email. I was already okay with the terms and thought it was fair. It stated that as long as I helped her get information that would lead her to getting what belonged to her family then I was free from her.Not just free. But free forever. I stared at the paper for a few seconds longer and I think Fallon may have noticed that I was deep I thought because she proceeded to sit next to me.“Are you okay? Am I too late? Have you already changed your mind?” She chuckled to herself, handing me the pen as she sipped more of whatever she was drinking.I let out a wry laugh, my mind playing the events that unfolded in the hotel last night. I swallowed hard, my heart thumping in my chest as if it was happening all over again.“No, it’s not that…”“Then what is it?” She asked, waiting for my response. I could tell t

I let go of a breath that I did not know that I was holding. I could see worry behind his eyes, a mix of other emotions.But worry stood out more than the others.“So…so that means that your family did steal the gold from Fallon’s family. Everything she said that they did is…true?” I asked, my heart thumping in my chest.He licked his lips and then nodded slowly. “Yes, Linda. But this is as much as I would like to talk about this. This is all you need to know that I’m being truthful to you.”I stared at him for a few seconds longer before speaking, “But if this is true, then why would you do nothing?”“F*ck, Linda, I told you that I won’t be able to talk about this in-depth,” he said, his eyes pleading. “Please…can we please drop this?” He was basically begging me.I had already signed Fallon’s contract. And even if there wouldn’t have been a contract, I was a human with a conscience, of course, I was not going to turn a blind eye to all of this.Yes, I was now a Kingston and that mea

I was shaken for the next few seconds, my nerves all over the place. But I quickly composed myself.I picked up my phone from the ground and ended the call as fast as I could. And it was just in time because he had now reached me.“I was…I was on a call with Ben,” I lied smoothly. Okay, not too smooth but still, it was believable.“Oh,” he replied, nodding. “It’s cold out here, let’s go inside and have breakfast.” He placed his arm around my hips and planted a kiss on my cheek before leading me into the mansion.When we were back in, the warmth of the house was not enough to ease my nerves. They were slowly getting eased but they were taking their sweet little time.“Would you like your eggs scrambled?” Chris asked me while we were seated in the dining area, a huge and fancy chandelier hanging over our heads.“I’m hungry, I would like them in any way,” I replied, humor lacing my voice.He chuckled, grabbing the empty plate that sat in front of me and proceeding to put some eggs and ba

I sighed after the champagne went down my throat. Then I nodded before saying, “Yeah, sure.”He stared at me for even longer then he said, “Are you sure? You look pale.”I forced a chuckle. “I just need to use the bathroom,” I replied, standing on my feet and fleeing away. Before I could disappear down the hallway, I glanced back at Chris and he looked confused, reaching for his phone.I went to the bathroom and then stared at myself in the mirror. My nerves. My stupid nerves. I had waterproof makeup on so I turned on the faucet and splashed some water on my face, trying to feel better.The cold water made me calm down a bit, but I still needed to get to Fallon. I thought about just sending her the picture of Chris’s phone screen that I had taken but changed my mind quickly.If she was able to put spyware on my phone so easily, I could not trust that the Kingstons could not do the same.I did not want that Kirby lady coming after me again. I never wanted to see her again in my life,

Chris’s POVI was sitting at the table, the food that we had ordered staring right back at me. I knew that I would not be able to finish all of this.And besides, I had lost my appetite.I didn’t think that Linda would have left, I didn’t think that she would have fallen for the little trap that I set up for her. I needed to know whether she had actually dropped this whole gold thing. But I guess she had not.And she proved it. She fell for the trap. I had intentionally left my phone on the table and pretended to get a stomach ache. It was all an act.In fact, I was not even in the bathroom, I was in the back room of the place, which was very nice. I had gotten someone to email my account just when I had left, so it seemed like it was not planned. Everything that I knew that she had read on tagg email was fake. It was all a lie, and it just proved to me that she was still stubborn and did not want to wash her hands from the affairs of my family.I gestured for the waitress who was