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Chapter 160
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Chapter 160
Chapter 160
After a pause, Camille continued. “Didn’t you notice what she did just now? If Taya didn’t want your sympathy, she wouldn’t have told you what happened with Lena. She deliberately let you see it, and even let you confront Lena. She must have known that Henry wanted to get you and Lena together, so Taya deliberately sabotaged his efforts. Trust me, I know how
women operate.”
Under normal circumstances, Jackson would have believed Camille. But Taya didn’t let him see it on purpose. If anything, she had tried to minimize what had happened, but Lena had hit her hard enough to leave a mark on her face that she
couldn’t hide.
If it weren’t for that, he probably wouldn’t have known what had gone down in the bathroom.
Camille opened her mouth to say something else, but Jackson stopped her. “Just focus on driving. All you know how to do is gossip.”
Camille was speechless.
She wasn’t a gossip. At all. And it hurt her that Jackson would say that about her.
Looks like her evening was going to be filled with Ben & Jerry’s
to make her feel better.
***
When I got home, I was so tired that I collapsed on the sofa and stared blankly at the ceiling.
My physical strength was completely zapped and spread from
my body to my heart. I was exhausted, and fatigue overtook me as soon as I laid down.
I closed my eyes and tried to take deep, calming breaths.
I didn’t remove my makeup or change my clothes. I was too
tired too tired to do anything other than let sleep take over, sliding in and out of waking and dreamland.
I was so dizzy and delirious with weariness that I would swear
I saw Griffon walk in.
He picked me up, held me in his arms, and kissed me passionately.
Under his fierce attack, my body could not help but respond to him…