Chapter 38 Harper : 36 55 vouchers I should've known it wasn't over when Tiffany's efforts to further expose me during Maddox's birthday had failed. What I didn't expect was how she had decided to strike back. It turned out the company I worked for, DataSphere Solutions, was one of the companies that belonged to Maddox and she used that to her advantage. She had made another post and this time, it was aimed at exposing the fact that I was sleeping with the boss and it I had lots of people talking about it. "I never say this enough, but my brother, Maddox Aldridge, was destined to be a leader. Just look at him, running several companies at the same time. Honestly, it wouldn't be possible without his most loyal employee, Harper Moore. She's always by his side in his office and even in his bedroom. That's some constant dedication right there!" I was so shocked by it that I constantly paced while on the phone with Maddox after reading the post. "I've been working for you all along?" I asked. He sighed. "Not exactly." "What's that supposed to mean?" I stopped in my tracks. "When did you join the company?" "Three months ago. When will this come to an end?" "Sleeping with me definitely doesn't help," he said casually. I shook my head with disapproval like he could see me. "You sound like you're finding humor in this." "Right now, I am. You and I have never met or fucked in an office" "That's what grabbed your attention? How did she find out where I work? I only told Grayson and then..." I trailed off at the realization. "There it is," he said from the other end of the line. I huffed, taking a seat. "In what context would he even tell her about where I work?" "You're asking the wrong person." "What I don't understand is when I first mentioned DataSphere Solutions to Grayson, he never said anything about you being the CEO...unless he didn't know." He chuckled. "I like it when you show me how smart you are sometimes. Let me guess, you're worried that this might affect your job, but here's what you're going to do. Relax your pretty ass while I take care of this." 16:04 Tue, Sep 16 Chapter 38 My eyes narrowed. "Why do you sound like you have the perfect solution to this?" "That's because I do." He sounded confident. 36 55 vouchers As soon as the call came to an end, I dropped my head hard onto my pillow, wondering what he was going to do about it. He sounded too calm. I knew I shouldn't have done it, but I checked Tiffany's post again and it had everyone talking, others even confirming that I was really sleeping with Maddox Aldridge because apart from the photos and videos, they'd seen me at the party going upstairs with him. How could he possibly fix that? I got on the phone with Ella and Zoey and they were so worried about me that they even wanted to cancel their date with the Barclay twins, but I wasn't going to let them. While it was too soon to judge, things seemed to be going well for them and I wanted them to enjoy it while it lasted. All I could do was wait for Maddox and I hated the way I felt helpless. Grayson On the day Harper had told me the company she worked for, I had no idea it belonged to Maddox. I'd casually told Tiffany about it a few days ago. She could've told me that her brother owned it, but why would she? It was the perfect set up for her to strike back. Not only was I fuming that she'd gone to such lengths to expose Harper, it was also because we had talked about that and yet she was still doing the same old thing. I was on my way back from the office. Good thing I wasn't driving myself. Otherwise, I would've crashed into something. I called Tiffany several times, but she didn't pick up, like she knew what I was going to ask her. I sent her several messages, not even getting a single reply. The constant back-and-forth, I couldn't take it anymore. While I didn't like the fact that Harper was fucking Maddox, the last thing I wanted was for her to be exposed like that no matter how much I now hated the guy. I could only imagine what she was going through and wanted to check up on her, so I called and when she picked up, she sounded so calm. "Hey." I furrowed my eyebrows. "Hey, you okay?" "Yeah, I'm good." She was chewing something. "Have you seen the post?" She swallowed. "Yup." 16:04 Tue , Sep 16 Chapter 38 " Sooo..." : She forced a chuckle. "Sooo what?" "Do you know how much that's a bad look for you?" "I know, but Maddox told me he'll take care of it." "Maddox..." My jaw clenched. "Yeah." "Is that why you sound so unbothered?" "All I can do is wait." : I sighed. "I actually thought you'd jump in the comments or something." "No need. He told me to wait." "And you listened." I shut my eyes tightly. "He made it so easy to listen to him. Honestly, I'm really tired of all this." "I actually spoke to Tiffany about everything and I thought she was done, but I guess not." 36 E55 vouchers She scoffed. "You're so gullible that you listen to everything Tiffany says. That's how blind you are. Did you honestly think she was going to let this go?" "I'll talk to her and by the time I'm done with her, she definitely won't do something like this ever again." "Look..." she trailed off like she didn't believe me. "There have been too many times where I've held on to the hope that you'll do something and well, you did nothing. That's why I'm not getting my hopes up this time as well." I gave her a reassuring smile like she could see me. "Things are going to be different this time. Just trust me." It bothered me that Harper thought so little of me when it came to Tiffany and I hated how right she was. When I finally made it home, I headed straight upstairs after finding out from the butler that she was in the bedroom. I was ready to lash out at her, but when I opened the bedroom door, I stopped in my tracks with wide eyes at the pillows all over the floor. She was on the edge of the bed, breathing hard with her head low. "What happened here?" I closed the door behind me. "This isn't happening!" Her voice was quiet as she rocked back and forth. "What are you talking about?" 16:04 Tue , Sep 16 Chapter 38 36 E55 vouchers She pushed her hair back so hard that I thought she'd pull it out. "How the fuck did I not know about this? I had a perfect plan and Maddox fucking ruined everything!" My jaw clenched. "That's exactly what I wanted to talk to you about. You lied to me. " "He shouldn't have gotten involved." Her voice was quiet but filled with rage. "Did you hear what I said?" I sat next to her. She instantly rose to her feet, kicking a pillow with a loud grunt. "Shit! I hate him!" I still couldn't get an answer out of her no matter how many times I asked her to explain to me what was going on. It was only when Harper sent me a text that I no longer bothered to get answers from Tiffany. "Did you see it?" "See what?" I replied. "Maddox took care of it." "He did? How?" "Just check his comment onTiffany's post." Quickly, I took out my phone and straight to Tiffany's page. I had to scroll for quite some time to get to Maddox's comment. "Appreciate the family support, Tiffany. Just one small correction, Harper Moore isn't my employee. She never was. I sold the company four months ago and that's before she joined. I must admit that I admire your effort to talk about something you don't know." The replies under his comment were of everyone quickly turning on Tiffany. "Imagine being corrected in public by your own brother. So embarassing!" one girl said. I read a few more of them, then set my phone aside and began to take off my shirt while looking at her. "So this is why you're so upset. I should have known you were lying to me when you told me you were done with this. " She rolled her eyes dismissively. "That doesn't matter right now. Can't you see that I feel betrayed? Why didn't he say anything when he sold DataSphere Solutions?" With the necktie in my hand, I smacked my lips, getting up from the bed. "You know what? That's it." My voice was quiet but still loud enough for her to hear me. As I approached the door, she rushed to me, her voice now filled with panic as she held onto my arm. 16:04 Tue, Sep 16 Chapter 38 : "Babe, where are you going?" : 36 E55 vouchers "This house is big enough for the two of us. I just want to be alone." I didn't even look back at her. "I'm sorry." "For what? You always do as you please anyway." My voice was a little harsh. She blocked the way, placing her hands on the sides of my face. "I promise that I'll change." I scoffed. "Like I'm actually going to believe that." I was about to pull her hands off of me when she said, "I really mean it this time and just to show you how serious I am, I no longer have any objections to you spending time with Harper on Friday." My forehead creased. "Really?" She smiled at how my voice sounded softer. "I know you were still going to see her anyway, but you need to know that is how I feel now. I just don't like seeing you so upset with me. I'm sorry, okay?" She began to kiss my cheek, each kiss getting closer to my lips, I wanted to push her away and leave, but the softness of her ass when she guided my hand made me forget it all and I lifted her. While I wasn't fully convinced that she meant what she said, I was still glad she told me she had no problem with it. If only Harper knew all the things I was going to do to her on Friday. 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