Chapter 301

Genevieve looked stricken. She lunged for Ashton’s arm. ‘That’s impossible! How could you be married? You—’ Ashton pulled his arm free of her grasp. ‘Yes, I’m married. And my wife,’ he glanced at me with a smile in his eyes, ‘is the jealous type. Best if you keep your distance.’ As if that weren’t enough of a blow, he added, ‘Miss Crawford.’ ‘You used to call me Vivi…’ Genevieve’s face went pale. I shuddered as goosebumps prickled across my skin. I arched a brow at Ashton. Vivi, seriously? Genevieve’s hand clenched into a fist, her long painted nails biting into her palm, though she didn’t seem to notice. ‘Mr Laurent!’ A tuxedoed man in his late twenties strolled over with the tallest, most willowy woman I’d ever seen hanging off his arm. ‘What a pleasant surprise!’ He gave me a quick once-over. ‘I see you’ve brought a date. That’s rare for you. You usually show up alone, so I even prepared a date for you. Shame to let her go to waste.’ The woman fluttered her lashes right on cue. I sc