Page 52 of Last Minute Fiancé

I met Travis’s gaze and smirked.

“I suppose time will tell. It is time, isn’t it?”

“It’s my time.”

And then he turned, leaving me behind. I grabbed my phone, doing my best not to run after him.

My phone buzzed one more time, and I texted Luca without looking.

“Call you right back.”

This was it. I would now know if my lies and my hard work had paid off.

If they hadn’t? I wasn’t sure what I would do. But I’d figure it out.

I always did.

But I usually always won.

When I walked into the office, Travis was already sitting in a chair with a wide grin on his face, and I wondered what I had missed in the ten seconds I had been behind them.

But then I realized the boss wasn’t alone.

No, his wife stood behind him, one hand on his shoulder and a scowl on her face.

The blood drained from my face, as I looked at her, then to Travis, then at my boss’s eyes.

Something had happened.

Something had gone really wrong.

“Take a seat, Addison. We need to talk.”

Addison. Not Lily.

They knew, and I was about to get fired.

Fired from the job I wasn’t even sure I wanted anymore.

And the fact I had even thought that when I had been doing my best not to think about it at all? That said enough.

“It’s come to my attention that the integrity that we expect within these walls hasn’t truly reached the level we’ve required. This is a company that strives itself on success, hard work, and truth.”

My heart raced, bile coating my tongue.

“Mr. Wells?—”

“No, I believe I will continue to talk. My wife has a puppy, you see. A gift from her brother.” He waved the puppy off as if it didn’t matter and everything started to click into place.

Puppy. Luca.

All his calls.

What the hell had happened?

“I went in to see the vet, a new one, because I met that Luca and he seemed very competent. But I was surprised to hear that the relationship I thought was so strong, such a wonderful asset to this company, was a lie.” Mrs. Harrington-Wells clucked her tongue and I stiffened, needing to know how she figured it out, but afraid to ask.

“You lied to us. After we have put so much effort into you, you lied. It was already going to be neck and neck between you and Travis for the promotion, and you already had such a hard path in front of you, considering your background and how much Travis brings to us.”

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