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Five ht of the pool below through the huge line of floor-to-ceiling s The officers and h-fiving and slapping each other on the back I suspected they’d just announced the co share price to everyone As I watched, Jordan and a couple of other big guys, including Adarabbed hold of Adae of the pool I laughed until a ht my attention

Cari sidled up to me and watched, too, as Adam’s friends dumped him into the pool

"There’s a whole pile of newour semi-silent truce would continue I’d avoided her for weeks and hadn’t spoken to her alone since our confrontation in the hallhen she’d threatened to expose hed "Too bad I’ to come out of that pool with a wet t-shirt I should be down there to watch that Too bad Mia didn’t get du that ridiculous sundress, probably because she’s too ashae to shake my head At this point, I just felt sorry for Cari I turned to lead the way back to the pool when she grabbedfeverish "I knohat you were doing in that dressing roolanced back in the direction where I’d couilt But I wouldn’t let her see it "Jordan needed some infor hiot hi role in the sex video Now I know, you slut Screwing your way to the top, huh? I wonder if your daddy knows that"

I yanked my arm out of her hold "You’ve lost your o

I had to listen to her poison on the way back to the pool, hoping the safety of the croould shut her up "You wouldn’t help er fish to fry Well, I have news for you Jordan is using you He uses women, and everybody knows it"

I stopped and spun, getting in her face "Leaveyou could have done to break up Adaed I don’t care what kind of sick obsession you have with him It’s over and you lost"

"You have a lot more to lose than I do, April"

I ainst my ribs She continued "If you helpto untie the top of her sundress and show everyone how repulsive she is You’re friendly with her You can get close enough to do it easily and even asped and turned to her We were at the top of the stairs, and no one could hear us over the din of the cheering and taunts leveled at the now sopping wet CEO He waded out of the pool as Mia, laughing, handed hi and neither are you"

Cari’s face was ed ht her hold, tripped and fell to rip just as we reached the bottoroup of officers wereso I turned to clirabbed the back ofdown the back seam I was halfway up the stairs before I realized I was exposed, and she was already shouting, "Adam, everyone, look! I found out as in the sex video! Check out the tramp stamp on that traasped or mumbled I hadn’tout in the air for all to see I spun to hide myself, mortified as I was to face the atmoment almost froze my heart

I was like Hester Prynne, stuck on the scaffold, standing to face the jeering croith her innocent baby in her ar letter A for "adulteress" The blood was rushing out of oing to faint from the humiliation

Apparently, I wasn’t that lucky