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"Before your father died," Tricia looked down in sadness, "he made Kit his second man."
I looked back at Kit as she continued.
"Which means should anything happen to him, Kit would then be in charge."
I nodded.
"Having said that, this decision can be altered by the owner of the company. Which is now you."
I swallowed, knowing that all of this was on me. This firm had been built from scratch by the love of my life, my Dad, who had been cruelly taken from me. This firm meant everything to him, I knew that. In that second, I'd already made the decision they needed from me.
"It'll stay that way," I said confidently.
"You want Kit to remain in charge?" Nick asked.
Looking at him, I knew he couldn't believe the decision I'd made and I looked at Kit who was still staring at me. Then I looked at Maddie staring at Kit. It hurt my chest knowing she'd had her lips and polished fingernails on him.
"Yes," I said clearly.
I gulped away the emotion building in my chest.
"I'm gonna need a second to take a breather, if that's okay?" I asked, looking at Tricia.
"Of course Hunny, anything you need."
I wondered then if she knew I was pregnant, if any of them knew. I stood up and quickly headed out of the room. Once the door was shut I rushed over the front of the building and as soon as I was outside I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. Rubbing my head with my hand, I walked further away from the doorway and to a tree that edged the side of the woodland.
"My fucking god," I muttered to myself, feeling overwhelmed with emotion.
My mind was literally in a headfuck and as I stood there and went over everything I'd been told I tried to calm myself down. So, Maddie was a decoy for me. Because I was in danger, possibly...
Oh god.
In that second, I placed my hands on my stomach, knowing what that meant for my baby.
I felt so sick knowing my baby could potentially be in danger. It was already my greatest fear. After already being kidnapped twice, it was hard to imagine it not happening again. Actually hearing it out loud that it could happen again shifted everything. It made me cry and I pressed myself up against the bark and looked down at my hands on my stomach.
"Eves?" I stood up straight and composed myself as quickly as possible while Kit approached.
We were both silent for a while before I finally spoke.
"Nick told me I wasn't in danger anymore, that day at the hospital. And so did you. Why would you both say that if you knew I wasn't?"
"We had to Eves, you'd just been kidnapped. We weren't sure what was going on."
"So, you chose to just lie to me and start an imaginary relationship with Maddie, and just never tell me?"
"Eves, I just wanted to protect you."
"Instead, you just broke my heart," I said plainly before trying to walk away from him.
I was crying again, but he wasn't meant to see it. I should have known Kit wasn't going to let me walk away from him.
"Why did you keep me in charge?"
I wiped my face clean.
"My dad trusted you."
