Page 45 of Revenge (Corrupt Empire 3)

Pretentious prick. Who still calls it a drawing room?

I shrugged. He rose and put a hand out to me which I took as I stood up. He tucked my hand into the crook of his elbow. Tristan followed us from the room.

“This has been a long time coming. Our families finally being one.”

I wasn’t sure how to respond to that, so I settled for staying silent. What I did notice was I wasn’t being taken to the drawing room. No, we were walking further down the corridor to rooms I hadn’t been in before. I looked up at Frazier, but his expression remained neutral.

He stopped outside a door, let go of my hand and opened it. Before I had a chance to say anything, Tristan grabbed me by my arms from behind and shoved me into the room. He held me in place in the pitch black until an overhead light came on.

I blinked rapidly, my eyes falling on someone cable tied to a chair. Someone I knew intimately.

“Now, Avery, tell me… do you know who this is?” Frazier said, turning to me.

I shook my head. His expression hardened.

“Come now, don’t lie to me.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“You do,” Tristan hissed in my ear. “Have you conveniently forgotten what happened when I came to your office?”

Tears pricked at my eyes. It didn’t look like they’d hurt him, but he was clearly unconscious.

“Why are you doing this?”

Frazier’s eyes darkened, his expression suddenly turning vicious.

“Because you’ve been lying to me since day fucking one. Did you think I wouldn’t find out?”

I froze. What exactly did he know? He wasn’t telling me much so I knew I had to be careful of what I revealed. Tristan’s hands around my arms tightened painfully. I was fucking terrified, but I had to stay strong.

“I haven’t lied to you.”

I knew it was the wrong thing to say because Frazier advanced on me and smacked me across the jaw. My head snapped to the side from the impact. A sharp pain radiated up my face and I couldn’t help the slight groan emitting from my lips.

“If you keep lying, I will only hurt you further. Now, do you know who this is?”

I looked up at him, trying to keep my emotions locked inside.

“Yes.”

There was no point me denying it further. My heart was shattering in my chest. I wanted so badly to go to him, but Tristan’s grip was too tight.

“Good. We’re getting somewhere. Keep this up and maybe we’ll go easier on you.”

My hands started to tremble. This was the worst possible situation. I was defenceless, but I still had to tread very carefully. A wrong move and all of this could come crashing down in front of my face.

“What do you want?”

“I want to know what he’s told you.”

“What do you mean told me? Why would he have told me anything?”

Frazier’s eyes narrowed.

“You’ve been with him for months. Don’t tell me you two don’t talk about anything or does he just keep you around so he can fuck your pretty little cunt? Is that what you are to him? His little whore?”

I flinched. He leant closer.

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