Chapter 93

Lola

“How?”

She dropped the vase and cradled me into her arms. “You need to change the locks, sweetie. Tell your precious boyfriend that when he returns from the press conference,”

“A press conference? I thought he was going to the office,” I raised my head, peering at her.

A restrained sigh breezed past her lips. “Well, he was asked to step down from being the CEO because of the scandal,” she paused, staring at me intently. “Is that why you ran away? Because you already knew about it?”

My heart pounded so loudly I could hear each beat in my ears. We'd talked this morning but he...