Page 69 of Unraveling the Truth About Love
Stunned by his own admission, he couldn’t move. He and Riley stared at each other, each wrapped in acloak of pain. He wasn’t letting go. Rage brewed within Josh’s gut—an unfamiliar, heated, uncontrollable anger. He fisted his hands. There was no way he was going to let Claudia take away what they had together, and there was no way he’d let her ruin the career that Riley deserved.Claudia.He clenched his jaw against the thought of her. His pulse raced, and Josh looked away from Riley, tryingto calm the mounting, menacing hatred. He’d never felt out of control of his own temper, and he didn’t understand what was happening. But he was sure of one thing. There had to be a way to prove Claudia was lying.
His cell phone rang.
“Go ahead. You can get it,” Riley said.
“It’s okay. I can get it later.”
It rang again.
“I’m fine. Please,” she said.
He reluctantly got up and picked up hisphone from the mantel.Mia.
“Yeah?”
“Just got a call from my contact at Page Six asking for a statement,” Mia said.
“What the…? A statement?” Josh shot a look at Riley, hoping it wasn’t about the designs.
“Claudia must have leaked the issue. They’re doing a story on it,” Mia answered.
“You’ve got to be kidding.”
“What?” Riley flew to her feet.
He took her hand and held on tight.I won’tlet go. Ever.“Do you know what it’s going to say?” he asked Mia. His pulse raced. This was the worst thing that could happen. He had no proof to stand behind Riley.
“No. Just that they’re doing the story,” Mia said.
“Here’s my statement. You got a pen?” Josh fumed. He pulled Riley against him and hoped he was doing the right thing. “We believe the allegations made by Claudia Raven are completelyunfounded. An internal investigation is underway.”
He hung up the phone without waiting for Mia to respond and wrapped his arms around Riley.
“What’s going on?” she asked.
“All hell’s broken loose.”
