Chapter 3 - Naomi Denies the Captain’s Name
Vanessa laughed.
“Captain?”
Guests murmured.
Naomi picked up the tray she had dropped.
“You have the wrong person, sir.”
Whitaker walked closer.
“I don’t.”
Naomi’s employer, billionaire Adrian Sterling, appeared from the head
table.
“What is happening?”
Vanessa immediately answered.
“Your maid attacked me.”
Naomi said nothing.
Whitaker looked at Adrian.
“I watched your fiancée kick first.”
Vanessa’s face hardened.
“I was joking.”
Whitaker ignored her.
He turned back to Naomi.
“You served under Colonel David Mercer in Afghanistan.”
Naomi’s fingers tightened around the tray.
“General, please.”
That word confirmed everything.
Whitaker stopped.
He understood the warning in her eyes.
Not fear of exposure.
Fear of what exposure would trigger.
Adrian noticed too.
“Naomi?”
She looked at him.
“I need to finish service.”
Then she walked toward the kitchen.
Adrian followed.
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Behind them, Vanessa whispered:
“What kind of maid has a general calling her captain?”
