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“Mrs. Garrett, Mr. Garrett has a dinner event tonight. He needs a plus one. Would 6 p.m. be convenient for pickup?”
“Tell him to take Luciana.”
She hung up without hesitation.
In seven days, she’d leave that scumbag behind–and the old version of herself, too.
There was no need to keep playing this obedient wife act.
If Luciana wanted the spotlight, she’d get it soon enough.
A few minutes later, her phone rang again.
Justin’s name flashed on the screen.
Kathy silenced it and placed it face down.
Her research was going well. She needed to go over the framework again.
The sooner she submitted, the sooner she’d be free.
She couldn’t wait.
She was deep into reading when a knock came at the door.
The knock was slow, steady, and heavy with pressure.
Kathy’s heart skipped. She licked her lips and stared at the door, knowing whoever was outside spelled trouble.
“Kathy, open up.
It was Justin’s voice–low, rich, magnetic.
The kind that made young girls swoon.
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And with his looks, power, and money, it was no surprise women threw themselves at him.
Falling for him wasn’t strange.
But none of that mattered to her anymore.
Even so, Kathy opened the door.
Justin stood there. Behind him, his assistant held several boxes.
“Tonight’s dinner is important. People are going to start making
assumptions if you don’t show. If that affects the Garrett Group, I can’t say what I’ll do.”
It was a blatant threat–just like always.
Kathy wanted to refuse. But then she thought of what happened that morning.
She could endure humiliation and pain, but she couldn’t drag innocent people into this.
Other than Mike, Amira, and Gauge were her only weaknesses.
Until she could guarantee their peace, she had no right to be reckless.
“Okay.”
Kathy gave in
But she stood in the doorway, not letting him in.
Justin blocked the entrance, tall enough to cast a shadow across the hall.
His eyes casually swept past her, taking in the apartment’s simple layout.
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Then he gave a mocking smile.
“Are you playing the runaway act again to get me home?
“Living so modestly now–trying to cut ties with my wealth and power? Trying to look detached, like you see money as dirt?”
Kathy listened quietly, feeling more and more that this man’s arrogance had seeped into his bones.
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His cheating had only shattered the illusion she’d been blind to.
From the start, they were never truly right for each other.
She took the boxes from the assistant–dresses and jewelry for the banquet.
Justin leaned forward to say more, but the door nearly slammed into his sharp nose.
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