Chapter 134

The room fell silent. Then someone snorted. Then all three of them burst out laughing. ‘She’s lost it.’ ‘Ashton Laurent? Come on, Mira. Pick a more believable name next time.’ ‘You expect anyone to buy that?’ Maxwell swirled his wine. ‘Miss Vance, don’t joke like that. I’m the Senior VP, and I see Mr Laurent maybe once a year. You think he’s just sitting around waiting for you to text him?’ I tapped the table. ‘You’re really not scared I’ll report you?’ He shrugged. ‘I told you what I did because I don’t care if it gets out. Besides, you’re not going to do anything.’ I reached across the table, picked up my phone, and held it up. ‘And if I recorded everything just now?’ ‘Sure you did,’ he said, lips stretched in a smug, lazy smile. ‘Oh, I sure did.’ I tilted the screen towards him. ‘And I’m sending it to Ashton Laurent right now.’ Maxwell snorted out a scornful laugh. ‘Oh, come on. Are we still playing pretend?’ He turned to Franklin. ‘You didn’t tell me your daughter’s—’ The door swun