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I slide my hand onto her thigh, giving her my strength.
Mark's cheeks heat, and the Englishman looks uncomfortable.
“I never breached the contract,” he stammers.
“Borderline, Mr.Harrow,” Gareth says.“And you are very well aware of that.However, Ms.Grant and Mr.Kinglsey are here today to clear her name and ask that you press charges against Johnathan.”
When he looks surprised, I shake my head.
“Mark, the guy set up an innocent employee, has sexually harassed multiple people on your team and stolen fifty thousand pounds from you,” I press.“You told me I’d lose my fortune.Remember?”
I am close to climbing across the table and throttling the guy with his own tie.
“Dick,” Lexi mutters.
She’s not wrong.
“And Ms.Grant wants an apology.”
Mark’s eyes widen.“How were we to know?”
“First, maybe investigate like we have done.It didn’t take much to get people talking.Yet you made me feel like a criminal after being used and abused.You are just as guilty.”Lexi slams her hand down on the table.“I could sue for damages.”
I’m so fucking proud of her.
“This isn’t America, Ms.Grant,” he snaps.
I’m so disappointed with his reaction.I glance at Gareth, nod, then push my chair back.I slide Lexi’s out, and she stands.Placing my hand on the small of her back, I look across at Mark, who is losing confidence by the second.
“Obsidian Nexus will no longer be doing business with you.My legal team will be in contact to dissolve the agreement.”
“We will fight it,” he challenges.
I smile.“Great.Waste your money.I will win.”
I always win.
I lead Lexi out, the three lawyers who flew over with us in my private jet, filing out after us.
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Turns out Mason Kingsleyis a prince after all.
The day after we fly home to New York, Johnathan is arrested for corporate theft and charged.
Mason told me when he got home.I asked him to fire his chef so I could cook.
I’ve always loved cooking, and right now I have nothing to do.Colt, Drew, Zander and Sebastian have all offered me roles in their companies at Mason’s insistence, but I want to take a moment to decide what to do.
Staying in New York with Mason is a huge change.
Waking up with him every day is a dream come true.He loves me with his whole heart.I see moments where he falters, the fear rising to the surface.But I grab his cheeks and saytalk to me, baby,and somehow being present with the things that scare us allows us to move through it.
One day he will propose.
