Chapter 48

Lillian put the phone down and looked down to rub her belly. She and Spencer had been playing fast and loose, never bothering with contraception, but her body was betraying her stubbornly refusing to conceive

Lately Spencer had been especially attentive, hopeful that this time would be the charm. If she could just get pregnant, Brielle would be out of the picture for good.

Faith, sitting across from her, saw her wandering off and a hint of displeasure crossed her brow Lillian lacked Brielle’s professional prowess, but she had her own

advantages-compliant, sweet-talking, and without an overabundance of ambition.

Lillian Faith began, her voice laced with a firm reminder. “I told you from the start to be mindful of your place. It’s Spencer’s choice to keep you around, but I won’t have you jeopardizing his advancement. His recent demotion-did you blab something to Max that you shouldn’t have?”

There had been whispers that a woman had taken her complaints straight to Max.

spot for Lillian, but now she doubted whether the woman

Spencer, and I never wanted

to even dream of meeting a man of his stature was folly, let alone speak out of turn in his

Uncle Max to be a stern, commanding figure with

had squeez heart. He was perfection personified, nearly surreal. It would be wonderful to cros with a man like

slightly, wondering if perhaps s was being paranoid. After all,

out on his own.

table-the one Lillian had been using to do her research. Now it was paused on

you heard? Brielle’s been with two guys, giving Spencer a real kick in

Spencer, I’d break off the engagement pronto.

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