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"You looked beautiful in those photos," he says softly

Okay That was the last thing I expected him to say I should not be pleased by his compliment Absolutely no way should his wordsaard

"I know you’re scared," he continues "And I know you hate me You have every reason to feel that way towardto leave your side until this--probleo to your sisters and father and tell the on We discovered ht thing to do, I know it is, but I’m scared Scared that they won’t believethe emails between Pilar and Felicity Winston Pilar sent her inforards to Fleur’s product line," Max says grimly

My mouth drops open "What?" I whisper

He nods "Pilar did it in the hopes she’d get a job offer After she received the information, Felicity ceased all correspondence with her"

The dots are back, spotting my vision, and my head spins "Shit Shit, shit, shit" I close my eyes hard, then blink them open "I should’ve never left I need to tell my dad"

"I have the laptop with the proof, Lily," he says, his voice calht now I feel like I’m about to leap out of my skin, I’m so freaked out "Plus, Levi took a series of screenshots of the in-boxes, the emails They’re all located in a Dropbox account, plus on an external hard drive"

I gape at him, unable to find the words to thank him for what he’d done, and that he did it all for est fear once the laptop disappeared Hoould Daddy believe h now I realize I could have obtained the infor All of it

Thank God for Max gathering up all the evidence I can no everyone inThey’ll have no choice but to believe et e both Violet and Ryder, probably Rose and Grand on

Plus, I’ll be free of Pilar’s hold once and for all She can threaten ht here in front of me

And I owe it all to Max

Chapter twenty-five

Max

"YOU SON OF A BITCH, I saw you with her"