“I don’t know. Possibly. If he did, he’s a fucking fool. I have all my employees sign non-disclosure agreements and if he talked I’ll own his life.”
“Maybe someone offered him a lot of money?” She shakes her head. “Should we call Savannah?” I can see concern in my girl’s face.
“I’m calling Wyatt,” I say. I enter his number and hold the phone to my ear. When the line connects I start talking. “I need you to handle a situation for me. I’m at Caroline’s apartment and there are paparazzi outside asking questions about my annulment. How can they possibly know that’s happened already? Did you talk to anyone?”
“Is this not what you wanted, Aiden?” There’s a bite to his question
“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” I ask. “I think it might have been a driver I fired a couple of weeks ago. I can email you his credentials.”
“That won’t be necessary.” He says coolly, and I’m starting to get pissed.
“What is your problem? You’re my lawyer! Aren’t you getting paid to figure this shit out?”
Caroline comes over and stands next to me and I feel calmer when she puts her head on my chest.
“For a smart man, you really don’t get it,” Wyatt says and lets out a humorless laugh. “I’ve only been working for you this whole time because of Savannah. Now that your marriage is finished, so are we.”
“What the fuck are you talking about?” My jaw clenches and the hair on the back of my neck stands up. “You’ve known us since high school, Wyatt.”
“Exactly. I was the scholarship student that had to work for every single thing I had and I watched you get handed everything. Even the woman I wanted. I waited and bided my time and now that you’re out of Savannah’s life we’ve got nothing left to talk about.”
“I thought you were my friend. And you were supposed to be Savannah’s, too.” My mind catches up and I grip the phone tighter. “You leaked this to the press, didn’t you?”
“Looks like you finally opened your eyes. Congratulations.” I can almost picture his arrogant face and I wish I could punch it right now.
“Did you release her medical records, too, saying she was a virgin?”
“You bet your fucking ass I did.” He’s so smug I want to reach into the phone and rip his throat out. “I wanted the world to know she never belonged to you, not even when the law said she did. She’s kept that sweet cherry for me, and it’s time I fucking take it.”
“You think she’ll want you after this betrayal, Wyatt? You think she’s going to go running into your arms when I tell her what you’ve done?”
“Oh, she’ll want me. Her daddy might not have wanted her to marry me when I came from nothing and didn’t have a penny to offer her. But I’ve got something he wants, something that will have her eager to agree.”
“Wyatt,” I warn. “I might not be married to her, but she’s family. If you hurt her, I’ll kill you.”
“I don’t plan on harming a hair on her head.” I can hear him smile. “Come on, Aiden, you know I’m an asshole, but I’m not a monster. It’s the reason you hired me. I’ll get what I want, even if I have to play dirty to get it.”
“The second I hang up, I’m going to tell her what you did.”
“Don’t bother,” he says, and I hear the chime of his office door opening. “You’re already too late.”
The calls ends and I stare down at my phone.
“What happened?” Caroline asks, looking up at me.
“Wyatt was the one to leak it to the press.” I shake my head in disbelief. “He wants Savannah.”
“Oh.” She bites her lip for a second and then cocks her head to the side. “You said you knew him since you were kids.”
“Yeah, we grew up together.”
“Is he a bad guy?”
I think for a second and really search my heart. He’s definitely an arrogant asshole, but he’s not bad. He may be sneaky about getting what he wants, but he wouldn’t hurt Savannah. I believe that deep down in my soul. I shake my head as I try to think back to a sign or something that would make me think he wanted Savannah.
“Would it be so bad that he wants to be with her? I know that you had your reasons for getting married, but would her being with Wyatt be so bad?”
He never said a word to me about wanting her or anything about it when he did the paperwork for us to get married. But she always asked about him and made a point to talk to him if we were together. Could she have secretly had feelings for him?
I decide to take a chance and send Savannah a text message telling her to call me when she gets a chance. I know that she’s not in danger and that she’s not going to do anything crazy before I get a chance to speak to her. I want to see what Wyatt has to say to her, and then I’m going to tell her what he did. But until then, I’ve got to get out of here and get Caroline somewhere safe.