"You really do care deeply for Miss Galloway, going to such lengths against your own wife for her sake."
"Then again, if Attorney Henson hadn't forced her way in and pressured you into marrying her, you and Miss Galloway could have been together openly this whole time."
Bryce said nothing. His silence was confirmation enough.
Rosamond's hand, raised to knock, shook so violently she couldn't control it. The shock tore through her like a physical blow.
So it had been Olympia all along. And Bryce had approved every bit of it.
He must have given Olympia her private photos. Let her doctor them. Let her frame her.
All because Rosamond hadn't handed over the Pinnacle Corp case the way Olympia wanted.
What Brian said. Bryce's heart belonged to Olympia?
But he had told her, to her face, that Olympia was just the girl next door. Like a little sister.
He had been lying to her all along.
The color drained from Rosamond's face. In that instant, it was as if ice water had been poured over her from head to toe, soaking through to the bone. Her heart went cold with it.
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She clenched her jaw, forcing the tears back by sheer will.