Nicole Harper
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I didn’t want to go to work.
The scandal was out. The world knew. My new colleagues, the same ones I’d been happy that they didn’t know me as Tristan’s stepdaughter, probably knew as well. Pictures of my face was trending on X. Even if all of them didn’t know, I was sure a good number of them knew.
But I forced myself to shower anyway. Running wasn’t an option. If I skipped work, how long would I stay hidden for? Tristan had told me we’d face this together, and I was trying to believe him, even if every part of me wanted to crawl back under the covers and disappear.
Tristan had offered to stay and drop me off at work but I refused. I didn’t want to give people more things to gossip about so I forced him to go home and get ready for work. I knew he’d have a long day.
