Chapter 3
In the days that followed, with Declan staying by her side every night. Vivienne quickly regained her energy. Bored at
home, she even started inviting her girlfriends over for afternoon tea.
*Declan totally has feelings for you. When you were in a coma, he kept flying back and forth to London. He even swore
that if you woke up, he’d divorce his wife for you!”
Sloane happened to walk past just in time to hear that. The words cut straight through her like a jagged blade.
With Declan not around, Vivienne dropped the act and called out, all fake sweetness and spite. “Sloane, what the hell is
this coffee? Tastes like dishwater. Honestly? It’s disgusting.”
Expressionless, Sloane stepped forward to take the cup away, but before she could, someone grabbed her wrist.
“What kind of attitude is that? You’re Vivienne’s maid now. Make her sick and you’ll be on your knees begging for
forgiveness-got it?”
At Vivienne’s subtle nod, one of her friends sneered and snapped.
Before Sloane could react, the woman yanked her hair, and a full cup of scalding coffee went flying-straight at her.
“Stop!”
A sudden, angry shout broke the chaos. Declan had just stepped through the door. His eyes went dark as he stormed over. pulling Sloane behind him in one sharp motion.
“Who the hell said you could touch her?”
His roar had barely died away when Vivienne, who had been watching with a smirk, suddenly teared up. In one fluid motion, she grabbed her stomach. “Declan! No-it’s not what it looks like!”
“Don’t blame them, it’s all my fault… Sloane put dairy in my coffee on purpose. I’m in so much pain…”
Declan froze. His gaze turned toward Sloane, full of suspicion-and then cold.
‘Dairy?”
“Sloane, I told you-Vivienne is lactose-intolerant!”
Unbelievable. Just one lie from Vivienne, and he went from protecting her to condemning her.
“I didn’t!” Sloane shouted, her hair still dripping with coffee, eyes burning with unshed tears. “She’s faking it!”
But her words were drowned out-by Vivienne’s sobbing performance and her friends’ dramatic embellishments.
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