#Chapter34 Violet

Violet Theodore’s question lingered in the air between us as I mulled over everything I’d learned about Owen for the past few hours. I didn’t doubt that Theodore had already come to a lot of the same conclusions that I had, but I was… touched– happy– that he wanted to hear my thoughts and input on the situation. I could count on one hand the number of times Lucas had actually asked for my opinion on something… and fit all the times my father had asked me on the same hand. “He’s employed quite the PR team to cover up how terrible of a person he is from the masses.” My lips twitched. “I can only guess that’s because of how much publicity you have working in your favor…though is it your doing or his doing that the coverage about you is all pushed into obscure news outlets?” His lips twitched. “You’ve been researching me.” “You know more about me than I like.” He blinked. “It’s only right that I start evening the playing field. Admittedly, that’s quite hard.” He smirked. “I li