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Her lips curved into a small, knowing smile. “You can go in. He told me to always let you in.”

Something warm flickered low in my chest.

I pushed the door open.

Knox looked up from his desk the moment I stepped inside. “Ashley.”

Titan lifted his massive head from his bed, alert instantly. His tail thumped once, twice, against the floor before he pushed himself up and padded over, pressing his heavy head into my hand.

“Who’s a good boy?” I murmured, my voice softening without thinking as I scratched behind his ear.

Titan leaned into it shamelessly, tail wagging harder.

“You are,” I murmured. “Yes, you are.”

“You’re turning him into a big baby,” Knox said, a hint of amusement in his tone.

I glanced up. He was leaning back slightly in his chair, studying my face.

“You’ve seen it,” he said after a moment.

It wasn’t a question.

“If you mean the parking garage footage,” I replied, lowering myself into the chair across from him, “then yes.”

Titan followed me, resting his massive head on my lap.

Knox nodded once. “I figured you would. It’s everywhere.”

I hesitated, then asked the question that had been sitting in the back of my mind. “Do you know who leaked the parking garage footage?”

“I looked into it. It was one of the security employees who worked in the camera room.”

I blinked. “Why would he do that?”

“He didn’t like the rumors,” Knox said. “About you getting a nose job. He thought people should see what really happened.”

My fingers stilled in Titan’s fur.

“But he still violated company protocol,” Knox said. “He released internal footage without authorization.”

My stomach tightened. “So he’s fired.”

“He doesn’t work for me anymore,” Knox said calmly. “But he has another job already.”

I looked at him. “You arranged that.”

His expression didn’t change. “He made a mistake. He doesn’t deserve to have his life ruined for it.”

I nodded, but my mind was elsewhere. Because the garage footage was one thing. Sinclair controlled that.

But the rest?

Apple’s mugshot. The affidavit. The café footage.

Who else had it out for Apple that badly?

Chapter 38: Past and Present Collide