Page 95 of Seduced By Contract

"Perfect."I'll have to ask Zeus to let me leave early."Can you message me your address?"

"I will arrange for my secretary to send it to you. Have a nice day, Miss Foster."

"What’s happened, Madison?" Mom asks as soon as I hang up.

"Nothing, Mom. You know what these older doctors are like. He wants to give me the blood test results in person."

"You're not lying to me, are you?"

I sigh, giving up. "I don't know what it is, Mom. He said he wants to talk to me in person about the test results, so I'll stop by his office later. I promise that as soon as I hear the results, I'll call." I give her a kiss and say goodbye to the babies. "I gotta go. It's my first day at the company after that nightmare, and I don't want to give people any reason to say that I'm being favored by the boss," I joke, winking to see if I can make her relax.

I leave the house, and Larry is waiting for me at the door, but still, I'm escorted by the two bodyguards that Zeus placed to take care of me. I know one will be watching Eleanor and the children.

It's horrible to think that those people, the Gordons, would be capable of hurting us, but if I take into account that Celine, that miniature bitch, almost made me lose custody of my niece and nephew with fake news, you can understand what kind of people we are dealing with.

Greater proof that money and character don't go hand in hand.

And speaking of money, I thought that the scandal in the celebrity magazine that reported that I was a call girl could somehow harm theKostanidis Group'sshares, but Zeus told me that over the first three days, they dropped by half and then returned to normal.

"Good morning, Larry."

"Good morning, Madison."

Zeus's driver and I initially fought over his formal treatment of me, and I finally won. Now he calls me by my first name.

I get in the car, and after fastening my seat belt, I think about all the changes that have happened in my life, even if they are not necessarily linked to me.

Adriel's death made little news in the newspapers, and from what I found on the internet, the police don't seem too concerned about finding the bastard responsible, claiming it was a robbery gone wrong.

I doubt it. Adriel was very smart and knew how to take care of himself. I have much more faith in Zeus's theory that old Gordon “shut him up.”

God, how could I have been so wrong about that choreographer?

Ms. Mirtes never hid who she was. Her gaze was malevolent, and even though I didn't know the real reason, I was suspicious of her obsessive desire to take the babies away from us.

Though Adriel's death went almost unnoticed in the New York newspapers, the same cannot be said about the scandal involving the social worker. The nightly news reported nonstop about the government employee who was part of a gang, with cells spread across various parts of the United States and even in Europe, that sold children from disadvantaged families to wealthy parents who could not have their own.

I don't even know if it's possible—because I don't understand the law—but in my opinion, that unfortunate woman must get life in prison.

After all the crap I've been through, the only good news is that Dr. Athanasios says he believes there's a good chance Brooklyn will wake up at any moment, as her brain has shown signs of partial arousal.[1].

Others may be surprised by this; I'm not. I never doubted that she would come back to us. My sister has always loved life and knows that her babies need her.

Even though I was very embarrassed, the other day I asked the neurosurgeon how I could start paying for Brooklyn's hospitalization and treatment. He surprised me by saying he was workingpro bono, whatever that means in the medical field. I’ve heard of lawyers doing it—it's when they take cases without charging—but how could that be applied to a hospitalization as expensive as my sister's?

Regarding the debt with the old hospital, when I was considering going there to negotiate, Zeus told me that he’d paid it off in full more than a month ago. I wanted to be proud and tell him I didn't need it, but when I asked him the total cost, and he reluctantly told me, I almost had a heart attack. Even if I worked ten lifetimes, I wouldn't be able to pay off that amount.

I only realize I've dozed off when Larry turns off the car.

"We're here, Madison. Do you want me to accompany you, my dear?"

I put my hand on his shoulder and squeeze. "Thank you so much for your support, Larry, but I need to do this alone. I'm terrified, but I've survived a lot worse than a few dozen snooty employees."

I get out of the vehicle with my head held high, looking straight ahead. I know that from the moment I step onto Zeus's floor, people will covertly watch me.

Looking them in the eye, I greet each one and, without asking for permission, go to my fiancé's office, as he asked me to do as soon as I arrived.

After I enter, I lean against the door for a moment in silence, taking several breaths and shaking. "I did it, love."

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