Sometimes the hurt is too big.
They simply stop believing.
I bent down, picked up the necklace, brushed the glitter from it, and slipped it gently into my handbag.
“It’s all right,” I whispered to Sophia.
“We can go home.”
Dominic finally found his voice.
“Vivienne, wait.”
“For what?”
“So we can talk.”
“We’re talking now.”
His eyes darted toward the executives gathering nearby.
“Not here.”
“Because your wife is watching?”
The woman beside him stiffened.
“Dominic… wife?”
He opened his mouth.
Nothing came out.
Before he could invent another lie, every phone in the lobby chimed almost simultaneously.
Executives looked down at their screens.
One after another, expressions changed.
Confusion.
Disbelief.
Fear.
Chloe pulled out her phone.
Her smile disappeared instantly.
“What…?”
Dominic grabbed his own device.
An emergency corporate notification filled the screen.
NOTICE OF IMMEDIATE BOARD ACTION
All Sterling Capital financing has been suspended effective immediately.
