Chapter 141
DEMI
"What?" Liam gaped at me. "Spellman Group is working with the Rollins Group to unmask me?" The worry etched on his face makes me panic as well. I have never seen him this frazzled over a piece of news in a hot minute and seeing him draining his glass of wine and sweating bullets tells me one thing.
"Liam? You said your system was full-proof. Why are you suddenly uneasy?" He spares me a glance, his lips poised to respond but no words spill out. "Liam?"
He expels a frustrated breath. "What’s not clicking, Demi? I am a top graduate from my father’s tech company. Obviously, my ’invincible’ hacking system is spun from the knowledge garnered at Spellman technologies. If there’s one company that can break my code..." He allows the ugly truth to hang thickly in the air while my head spins.
"It’s Spellman Group." I finish. "Shit, Liam, what are we going to do?" I reach for my glass of water and empty it down my throat. "Wait, do you think Ashton knows about you too? He was very particular about informing me of this deal. Do you think he suspects you’re behind Billion-Err too, like an accomplice?"
Liam shakes his head. "I can’t say. If that were the case, wouldn’t he have thrown a punch at me given all the mud I have managed to pile on his family’s reputation? Why was he so cool about everything, especially after seeing us together the last time he was here? I have no idea what’s going through that man’s mind but the one thing I am certain of is that he does give a rat’s ass about me."
I instantly backtrack to him breaking off his engagement to Mila and wonder if Ashton’s dealing with a broken heart. Why would he? He always knew he and I were never going to be endgame so it would be a bit silly of him to take such a drastic decision if the goal was to win me over, unless...
"Oh my gosh."
"What?" Liam questions when I close a hand over my mouth.
I can’t believe it. I don’t want to believe it. "Ashton b-broke off his engagement with Mila." I sputter.
Liam rolls his eyes. "That’s not news anymore, Demi."