No More Layovers for a Love That Won't Land novel Chapter 16

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Mia looked completely destroyed. After a deepless night forced to kneel in the same patum, de medy hanging onto consciousness. But worse than the physical pain was the humiliation of being on dinghy

Just yesterday she’d strutted through these halls like the commed them. Now he was elicy degraded. Mahat never wanted to hurt someone so badly in her life.

She snapped, screaming

“Freya Kingsley, you manipulative whore! This is all your damn fault! Jasper would never do this t

“Why don’t you just disappear? Everyone would be better off! You seduced him, you pathetic schote

Her shrieking echoed through the office. Everyone heard her meltdown, but now that she’d fallen from graex, ber

tantrum only invited disgust.

Several employees who’d worked alongside Freya spoke up.

“How can you talk about Freya like that? She killed herself for this company for four years without a single complaint. You waltzed in and immediately started torturing her

“Exactly! Freya never did anything wrong. You’ve been vicious to her from day one, Miss Carter. She’s already gone–why can’t you let it go?”

“You’re the one who made her life hell the second you arrived. Now you’re playing victim? Please?

The whispers spread like wildfire. People were pointing at her like she belonged in a psych ward, Mia was losing it She wanted to smack every single face, but pinned down by security, all she could do was kneel there raging

“You’re all just jealous bitches! What did Freya do to buy your loyalty? Did she sleep with all of you too?”

She ranted like someone off her meds, spewing whatever toxic garbage popped into her head, making everyone

cringe.

Just then, Jasper arrived and caught the end of her tirade. His expression went from cold to arctic.

He’d wanted her night of humiliation to give her some perspective. Instead, she was doubling down.

He strode forward. The crowd parted, and security released their hold. Suddenly free, Mia scrambled to Jasper’s feet, clinging to his leg while forcing out tears.

“Jasper, thank God! Look at these people–they’re all brainwashed by Freya! They’re attacking me! Fire every last one of them, Jasper! Right now!”

“I heard what they said, and they’re spot on. Freya did nothing wrong. You drove her away with your petty jealousy,”