Your consultant brain activated.
“What happened?”
“Julian tried to get me to drop you last year.”
You went still.
“What?”
“He said you were leaking private artist information. He said Alejandro knew but wanted to handle it quietly.”
Your stomach tightened.
“And you believed him?”
Kira gave you a look.
“I asked for proof. He had none. Then you got my brother into rehab without telling the tabloids, so I decided Julian could choke.”
You almost laughed.
Kira reached into her bag and pulled out printed messages.
“I saved everything.”
Of course she did.
Smart girl.
The messages were ugly.
Julian trying to isolate you from the biggest artist in the company.
Julian suggesting you were unstable.
Julian implying that if Kira wanted more creative control, she should work with him instead.
This was not only retaliation.
It was a coup.
That night, you sent the evidence to outside counsel.
