Chapter 120
Chapter 120:
“‘Appreciate’ is just another word for thank you p>
“Right. Forgot again, sorry. But I do want you to know that I’m grateful p>
Before he could say that ‘grateful’ was another synonym for ‘thank you,’ I craned my neck. “Are we there yet? I’m starving p>
Days passed, and good things just kept coming.
The Isobel Brooke case had barely been wrapped up when Finn dropped the next bombshell: Rhys’s defamation case was going to trial soon.
I’d been fuming about it for weeks, but after a month of waiting, my anger had dulled to a simmer.
I handed the whole thing over to Finn and wasn’t about to waste my time showing up to court.
With the LGH legal team on his side, Finn had the case wrapped up with hardly any effort.
In the end, the court ruled in my favor. Rhys had to pay me twenty grand and issue a public apology.
I heard from Finn that Rhys, apparently too busy planning his wedding to bother showing up, had sent his lawyer instead.
And he dragged his feet on the apology. I knew what he was thinking: he believed if he buried his head in the sand long enough, the whole thing would just go away.
But Finn and his team hounded him daily, threatening to take him back to court for refusing to comply with the judgment.
In the end, Rhys had no choice. He grudgingly posted an apology to his old chat groups and his social media.
What exactly he posted, I never saw. I’d long deleted him from my life.
It was Yvaine who sent me the screenshots.
Your imagination thrives at puntocom
She laughed for at least ten minutes when she called.
“I checked,” she said, still cackling. “He posted at two o’clock in the morning and took it down five minutes after it went up. Probably thought no one would see it. Idiot. I screenshot everything. And guess what? I’m reposting it everywhere. It’s going to be permanent. A whole Rhys Granger wall of shame p>
“I take my hat off to you.” Not everyone had the dedication to stay past three a.m. just to get the drop on an enemy.
“You saw his wedding announcement, right?” Yvaine snorted, wide awake. “Pure PR damage control. See? I’m not a deadbeat, I’m a family man. Cute. But it won’t work p>
“Helps a little. At least to calm the press p>
“Helps jack shit. GDG’s stock still tanked. And stocks don’t bounce back because he suddenly remembers how to propose. People don’t forget scandal that fast. Especially when I’m the one keeping it alive p>
“He must be fuming p>