Chapter 1
I found my boyfriend’s secret account right as he posted asking for romantic getaway ideas.
so I played along-anonymous comment, suggested this charming little town I’d been dying to visit.
One minutes later, he replied:
Thanks, but me and my girl already did that place this Valentine’s Day.]
literally choked on my coffee.
lis GIRL?
unny thing is, I spent that Valentine’s Day alone because he was “too busy with work.”
urns out his work had a name: MY GIRL.
ly finger froze.
tapped on this sketchy profile with the jumbled number username to scroll through his timeline.
he account holder didn’t post much, but every single thing was proof positive that this was my boyfriend
ixon Reed.
he custom watch I’d gotten him, that weird succulent on his desk, the shot of my hand wearing our nniversary ring from our five-year milestone…
steadied myself and looked back at that reply.
My girl.J
was two years older than Jaxon-he’d never called me his “girl.”
And Valentine’s Day…
This past Valentine’s Day, he’d been on some business trip with his team, too swamped to even call.
I calmly shot a message to my assistant, asking her to pull together a list of everyone from the tech department who’d been traveling on Valentine’s Day.
Three minutes later, I had my answer.
13:55
Oops! M ick You Money Just Torpedoed Your “Nepo Baby Hustle!
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Bella Sterling. The only female intern on that trip, a fresh college grad-a young “girl” barely out of school.
Of course it was her.
Then I remembered last night, when I’d mentioned taking some time off next week for a little getaway.
His big project was wrapping up, set to finish this week, and next week would be his most chill period in
nonths.
ut before I could even finish talking, he looked up from his computer screen and said flatly:
Next week I’ve got another business trip lined up. No time.”
You wanna go somewhere? Take Harper or one of your other friends.”
ix years together, and this was the first time he’d blown off spending vacation days with me.
ver since we’d been working at the same company, we’d always synced our time off.
ight up until I found his secret account and saw that post, I was still holding onto some dumb hope that
aybe he was planning to surprise me.
Director Blackwell, Vice President Reed submitted his vacation request three days ago,” the HR rep told me.
Others taking time off next week include the Deputy Director from Operations, someone from Legal, and…. ella Sterling from Tech, taking a week of sick leave.”
smiled grimly
unny how everyone got weird and hesitant when they mentioned Bella.
he day she started, word had already spread through half the company that she was the CEO’s niece. veryone figured she was just some rich girl padding her resume.
inly jaxon had put on this whole act about being fair and impartial when he talked to me about her.
She’s just an intern like any other. Makes no difference to me
But this past year, his special treatment of her had become possible to ignore.
He’d wear belle’s inte braided buscadet right aveat to the watch I gave him, saying she’d gotten it blessed at her church and he just wanted the god hack cheres
He’d display the stuffed animal she gave him front and center on bla desk, saying everyone in the department got one and he didn’t want people thinking he was singling her out
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He forgot our anniversary for the first time ever, but somehow remembered that tomorrow marked Bella’s hundred-day work milestone and had already booked reservations at her favorite restaurant.
Every time I brought any of this up, he’d tell me I was being paranoid.
“Look, given who she’s connected to, showing her a little extra consideration isn’t exactly unreasonable.”
“It’s just office politics, you know? You’re a director-you get how this stuff works.”
I understood all too well, which is why I kept letting it slide, right up until today and this ironclad “evidence
If before I’d just sensed his heart drifting away from me, now I could finally put an end to this whole mess.
I sat in my office all afternoon like a zombie before heading home to wait for Jaxon to finish his overtime.
“I saw your vacation request at HR.” I was sprawled in my chair when I heard him walk through the door, his footsteps stuttering behind me.
“You’re investigating me now? That’s my private business.” His voice carried a sharp edge of irritation.
“Is it?” I didn’t bother looking up.
“Does
your private business include your ‘girl’ too?”
