Chapter 70
Simon watched silently as I got into my brother’s car.”
He trailed us all the way home, then lingered by the roadside like a lost puppy.”
I hadn’t seen that look on his face since his parents died.
“Feeling sorry for him?” my brother asked.”
I shook my head. “He’ll get used to it.“\
I flashed back to the day Simon’s parents passed. He stood alone in the rain, tears mixing with raindrops.\
I held an umbrella over us both for hours.”
When the rain finally stopped, he noticed me.\
“Need a hug?” I offered, arms open.”
After the Foster family patriarch died, relatives circled like vultures, eager to tear the family apart.
Luckily, Cyrus Foster was old enough to take charge.
Those were rough times.
That’s when I got engaged to Simon, figuring the Jones family could legitimately help Cyrus with me in the picture.<
It was the first time I’d felt sorry for a guy.”
My bestie would’ve said feeling sorry for a man brings a lifetime of bad luck.
One moment of sympathy for years of frustration?
Sounds like a raw deal to me.
Fresh off my overseas streaming gig, I wasn’t about to sit at home twiddling my thumbs around Simon.
I started finding my own stuff to do.”
He wouldn’t let me leave? Fine. I’d take his bodyguards and live my life anyway.”
When he went out, so did I. But when he came home, I didn’t always follow suit.\
The butler got antsy watching this play out.
He’d remind me, “Yara, Simon’s struggling too. Don’t be mad at him. He really loves you…”
! shot back, “What, the kind of love where he’s faithful at home but plays the field outside?“}
The butler clammed up, looking at Simon in shock.
He never brought it up again after that.”
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Once my bestie was free, we started hitting the town together.
More streams meant more chances of being recognized. Sometimes, people even staked us out.”
Today, we were grabbing a bite when Cyrus‘ secretary spotted us.”
She probably thought she could pull her old tricks, but she underestimated the power of social media and our zero–fucks–given attitude.”
My bestie and I exchanged a look.
I grabbed my phone, ready for her to make her move.”
She addressed our live audience: “Hey everyone, you know Bella and I are married but heading for divorce, right? Some things are still under wraps, but vultures are already circling – like this lady here.“}
The secretary, seeing her plan backfire, tried to flip the script.”
We weren’t having it.”
My bestie dialed Cyrus right there./
“Cyrus, your side piece is embarrassing herself in front of me again. Come get her, or my security will toss her out.“N
After a pause, Cyrus‘ deep voice came through. “Who are you talking about?“}
My bestie laughed bitterly. “Who else? The secretary I told you to fire, but you didn’t. Don’t tell me you’ve got so many women you can’t keep track.”
“No,” Cyrus said.
Stunned, my bestie pressed, “No what? Spit it out…”
“I don’t have any other women. Just you.”
His words left us all speechless.”
gave the secretary a pointed look. “Looks like someone’s angling for Mr. Foster to play daddy without putting in the work.
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Lucky guy.”
My bestie rubbed her temples.N
—
“I don’t know who’s telling
the
Later, Cyrus must have called
truth, but your woman’s causing trouble. Come
his
deal with it. .“”
security chief. Two guys showed up and escorted the secretary
