Chapter 36

Christina's POV I glanced at Violet, her eyes filled with desperation. "You do realize I wasn't the only person at that gathering? Even if I keep silent, others will realize you're lying." "Except you and me, no one else from Nyx Collective attended that gathering. They don't have connections to those circles. If you keep quiet, no one at our company needs to know a thing." "Relax. I had better things to do than howl about your embarrassing five minutes of fame." I made another attempt to leave, but Violet clearly wasn't finished with her passionate speech, and please, I wasn't her fan. "As long as you don't tell anyone I borrowed the prototype, I won't show anyone that little video of you going full feral at the gathering. Fair?" Oh. So we were doing blackmail now. I stared her down."You think I care if they find out I defended myself?" Yes, some people at Nyx liked me.Yes, I had some work friends.But they weren't ride-or-die buddies,more like Monday-through-Friday lunch companions. "