The Other Side of Greed by Lily Zante

Author:Lily Zante [Zante, Lily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lily Zante

Chapter Twenty-Nine

KYRA

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I made him blush.

My tattoos caught his attention. Brad looked at me in complete shock, as if he never expected little old me to have anything like that. I wish I could tell what shocked him the most, the tattoos or that I unexpectedly showed up. Or what I was wearing.

Who knows?

I can’t believe I spilled my guts about my ex. I don’t ever talk about him, but it didn’t feel so wrong telling Brad.

This isn’t me. But Brad makes me react like this. I fan my face as the air hits me. I can’t be like this. I’ve already wasted years on a cheating man, and my precious broken heart won’t suffer another setback. Brad is like the night sky, vast in its darkness and unknowingness. It would be better for me and my broken heart to stay away from him.

By the time I get to city hall, I’m not too late but I’m all knotted up inside like a ball of cotton wool that a litter of kittens got a hold of. I tell Simona and Fredrich about my run-in with Brad at the office, making himself at home in my chair.

Fredrich has his hand wrapped around a bottle of beer. “What was he doing there? He said he was too busy to come out with us tonight.”

“He’s still upset about his friend who was in the car accident,” I reply.

“Is she his girlfriend?” Fredrich asks.

“He doesn’t have a girlfriend,” Simona replies smoothly.

Fredrich takes a swig from his bottle. “I don’t understand why he’s so upset about it.” Simona and I stare at him, shocked.

“She’s a good friend,” I insist, but he wasn’t at the hospital. He was sitting in the office.

“A friend? Yeah, right.” Fredrich doesn’t look convinced. “She must be some friend for him to be so upset about it even now that he can’t come out to this event. Who would give up the chance to meet Elias Cardoza? The guy is a legend. Heavyweight champion of the world. How come Brad is so upset that he’s turned down this chance?”

“I’m sure he has his reasons.” Simona seems to be Brad’s biggest fan and won’t have a bad word said against him. But I wonder, all the same, especially since he was sitting at my desk and looking as if he was pretending to be the boss.

We spend the evening enjoying the fine hospitality at city hall. Soft music plays in the background and everyone is dressed up. It’s a rare night out for us and the other employees from work whom we eventually locate and hang around with for a while.

Fredrich is working the room. He’s good at this. He’s confident, and with his huge frame he stands shoulders above everyone. People seem to notice him, and he seems to bask in that sense of acknowledgment.

I’m by myself when a tall woman comes up to me. She’s dressed beautifully in a long stylish black and gold dress and a chunky gold necklace with it.

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