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Slate only cares about power, and Rachel…I guess she was never a true friend.
Come to think of it, Chadwick coming onto me like he did is awfully suspicious.
Everything makes sense now.
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Chadwick
“You’re a disgrace to the Archibald name,” my father rages, spittle slinging from his mouth.
“For rescuing Alysanne from sexual harassment?”
“My guess is for shoving your dick in enemy territory,” Olivia snorts out.
“Do you really think Raymond Bastion sent his daughter to present with any other intention but to blow every man in that room?”
“Alysanne is hardly—”
Father takes out his phone. “Have you seen the goddamn video?”
Olivia rolls her eyes. “Alysanne has been a little goody-two shoe since the spring break debacle. I promise you, she wasn’t there to blow her way up the chain.”
“Both of you—out!” Father booms.
Olivia scrunches her brow. “Even me.”
“Out!”
Olivia and I exit Father’s office. I’m about to make my way upstairs to my room when she calls out to me.
“Wait up,” she shouts in her usual aggressive tone.
“What is it, dear sis?”
“What were you thinking?” she asks. “That was a baller move. Totally not like you.”
“Would you believe me if I told you that the first time we met, I didn’t realize she was Raymond Bastion’s daughter?”
She smirks. “And now it all makes sense.”
“We met the night before, completely oblivious to each other’s identity.”
“That has all the makings of a sugary-sweet romcom.”
“The sad part is, I really like her, in a serious kind of way. But she made it clear that was off the table.”
“Chaddy boy, you’re not much of a risk taker, but maybe you need to stick your neck out a little. If you were stupid enough to get in a car with her and go to her hotel, there must have been some scorching chemistry.”
“Didn’t expect that from you.”
“Well, when dad finds out, he’ll flip.” She grins wildly. “You might be disinherited.”
Now, that’s a lot more like my sister.
We depart, and I mull over my situation.
Alysanne made it clear she didn’t want to hear from me again, so texting or calling her would be a grave overstep on my part.
