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“You were in a sex coma but you didn’t imagine it.We’re checking out a club he’s looking at investing in.”
Callan’s not the only one in this relationship who feels possessive.I suddenly have a whole lot of possessiveness coursing through me.I don’t love the idea of Callan visiting the kind of club Gage invests in.And while I try to keep these feelings to myself, I fail.“I’m sending a blindfold over for you to wear.It’s either that or I lock you up.”
“I’m concerned I don’t know myself at all.I like the idea of you locking me up.”I hear Abigail’s voice as she says something to him, and then he says to me, “I have to go.I’ll call you tonight and see where you are when I’m finished with Gage.”
After our call, I seriously contemplate sending that blindfold.
It’s mid-afternoon when my day becomes a day I wish I didn’t have to live through.
Blair calls me at three p.m.
“Are you okay?”she asks.
“Yes.Why?”
A text comes through from her with a link to an Instagram post.
@thetea_gasp
Gather round, friends.Do we have some tea for you!@macehawkins looks set to leave the hockey team he said he’d finish out his career with.Word is that tensions have been high within the team and management has said #byefelicia because they no longer want the kind of trouble between teammates his wife has caused.This is gonna break the bank for them.The hockey world is shook and so are we.Mace, we told you to ditch @olivialancaster.Girl would rather attend a rager than do her job.See Exhibit 1, 2 and 3 for snapshots of her partying hard on the weekend with @callanblack.We heard whispers that clients are ghosting her here, there, and everywhere atm.Seriously, Mace, she’s GTG.And Callan?Zaddy, what are you thinking?Our hands are up if you’re still searching for your forever bae.Olivia is not your girl.Come TDTM.
“Liv?Did you read it?”Blair asks while I read the post a second time.
“Yes.”I’m speaking calmly but I’m furious on the inside, something Blair would know.It takes a lot for me to fully show my emotions.
Fucking Penelope Rush.
“I will represent you and I will make her pay.”
“You cost too much.I can’t afford you.”
“I won’t charge you.It will be my absolute pleasure to do this for free.”
I laugh while releasing some tension.“God, these gossip accounts have some fucking nerve.I spoke with Mace this morning and he was fine.”
“It has to be bullshit, Liv.Bullshit that Penelope caused.”
“Shit.I need to go and see Hayden about this.”
“I’m here if you need me.”
When I get to Hayden’s office, his assistant lets me know he’s on the phone.I wait outside his office, scrolling the social media accounts I check daily for my clients.Instead of finding stories about them, I find more about me.
Variations of the story about me sleeping on the job and clients leaving the firm are everywhere and all I can do is scroll in stunned and horrified silence.
By the time Hayden’s booming voice filters into my awareness, my heart is beating hard and my mind is racing with questions as to why anyone cares enough to post lies about me.
My head jerks up when I hear Hayden bellow, “You won’t like the consequences of that, Ryan.I will come after you with everything I have if you drag Olivia any further into this bullshit.”
What?
I walk into his office without waiting for his assistant to usher me in.His eyes meet mine with regret, and as I listen to him end the call with more threats, I wonder what the hell has happened.Hayden is not a man who issues idle threats.
“Fuck.”He shoves his fingers through his hair as he studies me with concern.“Are you okay?I was going to come and check on you after that call.”
“What’s going on, Hayden?I’ve just seen all the social media posts and now you’re threatening clients.What is it?”
He paces the large floor-to-ceiling window in his office.“Ryan has left the firm.He told his new firm we fucked up his contract.That information has been spread around and other clients have left today.Fuck knows how the lies made it to social media, but I intend on finding out.”
