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The next few days, all I did was eat, sleep, play video games, and binge–watch shows.
Every second I spent with Chase, I had to put
so much effort into pretending to be someone I
wasn’t.
I knew Chase wouldn’t like the real me.
I didn’t like wearing white dresses, eating fancy dinners, or wearing uncomfortable heels.
I wasn’t his perfect trophy girlfriend.
So this life was perfect.
I was slowly getting over losing my job.
Then I saw that Ace, the other racer, was
seriously injured in the hospital.
The media was attacking Chase, calling him a
spoiled brat and questioning the way he was
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spoiled brat and questioning the way he was
raised.
I sighed.
The story was not being suppressed.
I heard that Ace was an only child.
The headlines had been a shitshow.
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I felt bad, but also was little gleeful, figuring
that Liam must be freaking out over what Chase did.
Then the story became about me.
I couldn’t laugh anymore.
I went out to buy a watermelon, and a bodyguard who’d been waiting for me took me
to Liam’s office.
Or maybe it was inst my imagination
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…Or maybe it was just my imagination.
Liam’s office seemed colder than last time.
He didn’t seem tired or stressed, like I
expected.
He was still cool and calm. “Long time no see,
Sophia.”
I took a long pause and said guiltily, “Liam.”
It was just the two of us in the office this time.
“You seem to have forgotten your promise,
Sophia,” Liam said, tilting his head slightly.
I chuckled, “Chase fell for someone else. He
wanted to stand up for her, so I had no choice.”
Liam didn’t say anything.
His eyes held the same haughty look.
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After a pause, I continued, “You can replace
- me. The girl is much more persuasive with
Chase than I ever was.”
Liam smirked, “Not everyone is like you, just in
it for the money.”
I was taken aback.
I thought he was insulting me.
But he said it so matter–of–factly, like he was
simply stating a truth.
Liam must have approached the girl, but she
must have refused.
“So, why did you call me here?” I asked.
Liam slowly looked me over.
Then he said quietly, “The Ase family requested
that LIA.
hin mui..n
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that you be his private nurse.”
What? Me?
I asked instinctively, “Does Chase know?”
That was a blatant insult to me and Chase.
Even if Chase was over me, he shouldn’t agree to that.
“I’m your employer,” Liam said, tapping the desk.
Oh, so Chase didn’t know.
Liam wanted to use me to appease the Ase family.
I sighed, “Didn’t you hear? I quit, Liam.”
The office was silent for a few seconds.
I looked up and stared at Liam, “But I can take
the inh book It’s junt a
how rola !!
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the job back. It’s just a new role.”
Meaning, how much are you willing to pay?
Even though Ace was trying to insult me, I
didn’t really feel insulted.
Being a private nurse was more respectable
than being a trophy girlfriend.
Liam looked back at me, unreadable.
Finally, he rubbed his forehead.
He tore off a check, put it on the desk, and
pushed it toward me.
“Write whatever you want.”
Suddenly, I felt emotional.
I was envious of Chase for being able to get
bailed out, no matter what.
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I also realized how much trouble Chase had
caused this time.
I grabbed the pen and wrote a long string of
zeros.
