NovelEnglishChapter 304
“Mr. Carr, have you seen those online rumors? Any comments?” asked one of the reporters.
“What, that’s what you lead with? Try sdecency, Kurtis said, one hand casually in his pocket as his
bodyguards cleared the way. He seemed itching for a fight.
The reporter's lip curled. Every journalist in Kroit City knew Kurtis’s reputation-he was a notorious playboy in his
youth, and honestly, not much had changed.
“We were just talking business. What kind of business? That's confidential. Not like you'd bail us out if we lost
money, right?” he continued.
“Business meeting in a private room like that? Mr. Carr, your story just doesn’t hold water.”
“We couldn’t agree, so we threw down.” Kurtis suddenly leaned in, aggressive. “Who says you have to believe
me?”
His defiance only fueled those reporters‘ enthusiasm.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIn a high-rise restaurant by the waterfront, Alice anxiously scanned the crowd. She wondered, “Why is Kurtis the
only one here? Where's Aubree?
Alice's stomach turned. Something felt off. But it was already too late. The reporters finally realized that after all
their questions, Aubree and Bowen still hadn't shown up.
They got so caught up grilling Kurtis, they didn’t even notice the real story slip right past them.
By the tthe reporters figured it out, Aubree and Bowen were already on their way to the flower market with
the address provided by Kurtis.
“Whatever. They're already gone. Let them dig. They won't find a thing. Besides...“Alice paused, pulling out her
phone. A sly smile crossed her face as she scrolled through the flood of rumors about Aubree and the two men.
“The more you chase the spotlight,” she muttered, “the more they'll tear you apart under a damn microscope.
My sweet girl. You sure you're walking away clean this time?”
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“This is it,” Kelvin said, double-checking the address before pulling the car over.
Aubree glanced at the entrance. “The door’s shut.”
No one moved. “We're too late,” she muttered, eyes fixed on the door. “Alice must've known | was coming for
Gordon. Probably had him moved already.”
She let out a sigh, blaming herself for not being more careful. “Let's go. We'll ask Kurtis later if he has any other
leads. We've already tipped our hand; finding Gordon now is next to impossible.”
Aubree thought bitterly, ‘Whole damn world! How the hell are we supposed to find one person in all of it?”
However, Alice’s actions only confirmed that there was more to Carmen’s background than met the eye. With the
Gordon lead gone, Aubree could still dig into Alice's past or look into Carmen. Either way, Aubree might stumble
onto something unexpected.
“So,” Kelvin said, “what's your plan for handling all that crap online?” They all knew how this kind of thing played
out-it always cdown harder
on women.
“I'm not wasting my breath on it,” she answered with a smirk. “If people are still obsessed with my private life,
that just means I'm not powerful enough yet. Tell me, Mr. Turner, have you ever lost sleep over tabloid gossip
about yourself?”
Things were different for Kurtis. He'd been tangled up in scandal for years, but when he chased a lookalike,
people called him “loyal”.
“They're tearing intobecause they think | got where | am because of you, and I've cheated and cut corners,”
she said. “They doubt me. Maybe they're just bitter. Either way, they're just waiting forto crash and burn.”
Bowen stared into her eyes, stunned by the fire in them. For a second, it actually made his heart skip. “Then let
them see for themselves—you’ve never cut corners.”
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