The clicking of the cutlery sets echoes in the dining room. Everyone had their heads down, enjoying their food. Hannah sits at the head of the table, and Alex sits on her left and Veronica on his side.
It's been a week, and he has been ignoring her. His jaw clenched together when he inhaled her perfume. However, he gritted his teeth together not to make a scene. He relaxes in his seat, and he cuts through his steak. His mind drifts to Fresh Greens, and Avery telling him shes been seeing Veronica. He hates himself. He should have believed her. He promised to make this marriage work, and he has already messed up by not believing her.
He couldnt confront Veronica to know where his wife was. He can't risk her finding out he knows she isn't his wife. He needs to find out who is behind her return, andhe doubt Avery's friends know where she is.
Veronica sneaks her hand under the table and rests it on Max's leg. she squessed it slightly make him choke on his food.
"Everything ok, baby?" Jolly asked.
He cleared his throat and nodded at her. A smirk crept on her face, and she lowered her head to sip her food.
Max widened his eyes at her, but he smiled when her hand moved to his upper thigh. He positioned himself for her to have easy access.
He bit his lip, holding back a groan when she stroked him under the table.
His breathing became heavy and fast. Theyve been doing this for over a week.
He smiled to himself when he shot Alex a mocking smile. He told him he was going to get his wife and everything he had. And now look, his beautiful wife was stroking him under the table in the presence of the whole family.
"Ah," Max moaned, and everyone raised their head towards him.
"Wh-at? The soup is amazing," he said
Veronica chuckled. She pulled her hand away when she felt the wetness from his pants. Her work was done.
She knew she could rely on another Gibson. If one refuses to pay, the other is ready to.
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" It takes more than a week to impersonate someone. And without connections and help, she wouldn't be able to pull this off." Suzzy exclaimed
The light from her laptop illuminated her office. She lay her back on her office chair as she talked with her friends.
Erica stood up and walked towards the board behind her, which had pictures and strings attached to them. Their attention went to the board, trying to figure out the mastermind behind Veronica's return.
"Its been a week., We need to spread our nets wide," Avery said from the screen.
"What the fuck?" Erica exclaimed as she looked down at her phone.
" What happened?" Suzzy asked
Erica turned her phone to the screen.
"EWWWW!
"Make it stop."
"I wanna puke."
Erica shut her phone off. Cutting the video of both Veronica and Max in bed.
Avery fanned herself, trying to dry the tears from her eyes, and Suzzy pulled her chair away from her laptop to vomit in her trash can.
"I can't believe she is using my face for that. Why would she do me dirty?" she cried.
"Thats the point, babe. I guess Alex isnt givingher what she wants." Erica said
"So, how is the investigation going?" Avery asked, changing the subject.
"Greyson is doing what he can. Thats how we had this video from a hotel." ERica exclaimed with a sense of humour in the voice.
They included Greyson in this because he owes Erica a favour, and his loyalty lies with her