Chapter 2 - The Ambush at the BuffetAs Courtney dropped her glass, the ripples of shock spread outward through the corporate elite gathered near the buffet line.
I didn't blink. I met her frantic gaze with icy indifference, letting my eyes drop meaningfully to the way Julian stood protectively beside me. "Hello, Courtney," I said, my voice cutting cleanly through the ambient noise of the ballroom. "Allow me to introduce Julian. He’s your husband. Or did you forget to mention him during your cozy afternoon check-ins at the Starlight Suites?" The color vanished entirely from Courtney’s face as if she had been slapped. Trevor finally found his voice, shoving past a group of startled investors and stepping directly into our path, his fists clenched at his sides. "Naomi, you’re making a scene! Have you lost your mind? Get out of here right now before you ruin my career!" he hissed, his mask of corporate charm completely shredded. Julian stepped forward, towering over Trevor with a cold, terrifying calm that made my cheating husband flinch back instinctively. "She’s not going anywhere, Parker," Julian replied softly, his voice dropping into a lethal register. "In fact, everyone in this room is about to learn exactly how your career was funded, and whose bed your wife has been warming while we played the loyal fools at home."
