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She really was a terrible person. She was six whole years older than Denton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The more she thought about it, the worse she felt.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cAdriana, I\u2019m awful. I\u2019m a horrible person\u2026\u201d Yolanda was still sobbing and blaming herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana was so stunned she couldn\u2019t even get a word out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Denton really was just a kid\u2026 and she\u2026?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana swallowed hard and tugged the blanket away from Yolanda. \u201cTh\u2013then drunk. Was he drunk too?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
you were\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe came to the bar to find me. He beat up the guy who was trying to take advantage of me and dragged me back to the hotel. I had alcohol buzzing in my brain and just \u2026 pushed him down.\u201d Yolanda\u2019s voice was small and wronged. \u201cHe wasn\u2019t drunk\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
As she replayed last night, she remembered that Denton had fought her off at first\u2014she\u2019d just been a little too aggressive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t live like this\u2026\u201d Yolanda wailed. \u201cWhat am I supposed to do, Adriana? How am I supposed to face that kid in the future? He sees me as his big sister, but I\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana took a long breath. \u201cOkay, you calm down first. I\u2019ll go check on Denton\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
She stood up and headed toward Denton\u2019s room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
These two\u2026 never a dull moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Curtis and Gary going out together was stressful enough\u2026 now, these two had to stir up trouble too.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She knocked on Denton\u2019s door. When he opened it, Adriana hesitated a few seconds before speaking. \u201cDenton, about you and Yolanda\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Denton looked like the most wronged person on earth, eyes and nose going red as he spoke in a pitiful tone. \u201cAdriana, in a situation like this\u2026. shouldn\u2019t she be responsible for me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana was speechless for a moment. How exactly was she supposed to \u201cbe responsible\u201c?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Denton kept going, still milking the grievance. \u201cAdriana, I\u2019m only 20. I don\u2019t know anything. I have zero experience\u2013but I\u2019ve heard that this kind of thing means you have to take\u00a0<\/p>\n
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responsibility, that you can only do it after you\u2019re married. I tried to push Yolanda away, but she still forced herself on me. If she won\u2019t marry me, isn\u2019t that \u2026 immoral?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana fell quiet again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her eyelids twitched.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In that moment, she realized just how serious this had gotten.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Odds were pretty high that Yolanda was well and truly in trouble.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Denton, in this state, was absolutely planning to latch onto her for life.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAdriana, don\u2019t you think Yolanda should take responsibility for me?\u201d Denton even put on his most innocent face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana finally saw it clearly\u2013Denton was doing this on purpose. He\u2019d probably had a thing for Yolanda for a long time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cResponsibility is something the two of you have to work out together\u2026\u201d Adriana decided she was not getting in the middle of this one. They could sort themselves out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But if she knew Yolanda at all, Yolanda only saw Denton as a little brother\u2013there was zero romantic feeling there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yolanda\u2019s type was men like Curtis and Justin: mature, put\u2013together, and steady. There was no\u00a0<\/p>\n
way\u00a0<\/p>\n
she\u2019d ever like a kid like Denton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And they were six years apart.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Six years didn\u2019t sound like much, but it wasn\u2019t exactly nothing either. People say there\u2019s a generational gap every three\u2013so that\u2019s two gaps right there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even if they did like each other, the road ahead would be rough. And right now\u2026 Denton was way too hot\u2013headed and impulsive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Based on what she knew of Yolanda, Adriana was sure Yolanda did not like Denton that way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Denton sniffled and nodded pitifully. \u201cThen, I\u2019ll wait until Yolanda\u2019s willing to talk to me. We can talk then.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana drew in another deep breath, nodded, and slipped out of the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Denton and Yolanda\u2013what a cursed match.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Their path together was not going to be easy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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When she got back to the living room and was just about to sit down, Adriana saw Gary and Curtis walk in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Worried, she hurried over, scanning Curtis up and down for any injuries.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gary spoke first, voice low. \u201cRelax, I didn\u2019t lay a hand on him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Adriana coughed, a little embarrassed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou two don\u2019t even get along. Where did you go?\u201d Irene asked curiously.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething happened back home. We went to handle it,\u201d Gary replied casually as he helped Irene back to their room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat happened?\u201d Adriana lowered her voice to ask Curtis.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Gills made a move from the shadows. They\u2019re trying to take over Lincoln Group\u2019s overseas projects while everything\u2019s in chaos.\u201d Curtis gently rubbed her belly, as if reminding the babies to behave.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, the Gills really are a problem?\u201d Adriana looked up at him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That was exactly what she\u2019d been worrying about\u2013that there was something off about that family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFor now, it looks that way. But whether they\u2019re the masterminds behind everything, I still have doubts. I\u2019m going to find a way to get close to them. If the real puppeteer turns out to be someone from the Gills, we won\u2019t hesitate when it\u2019s time to hit back,\u201d Curtis said, voice low.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chances were high that he and Gary would end up working together to go after the Gills.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the business school, Denton ran into the Gill family\u2019s little princess, Maya.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Curtis had given Denton a mission: get close to Maya and find out what he could about the\u00a0<\/p>\n
Gills.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Denton felt like a walking brick\u2013wherever someone needed to be moved, that\u2019s where he got carried.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks\u2026\u201d Maya\u2019s books slipped from her arms, and Denton bent down to pick them her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She smiled at him. \u201cAre you from Astoria too?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
up for\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Denton nodded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Maya held out her hand. \u201cI\u2019m Maya Gill. And you are?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDenton Lincoln.\u201d He reached out and shook her hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The moment she heard his name, Maya froze for a second, then blurted out, \u201cYou\u2019re Denton Lincoln? The heir to Lincoln Group?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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