Reaper Yates, however, just chuckled and said, "Ascendancy will be cooperating with Veridian, so by defending Miss Lockwood, I was protecting the company's interests. Strictly speaking, yesterday was the first time Miss Lockwood and I truly met..."
Without another word, Sean Quinn and Reaper Yates left in an orderly fashion as their men cleared a path.
And so, the curtain fell on the whole gay farce.
After Lynn Vance's explanation connected the whole incident to that animal Julian Easton, the reporters came to a brand-new interpretation of the relationship between Sean Quinn and Reaper Yates.
The vast majority concluded that this was just Julian Easton slinging mud, and the whole gay affair was a complete farce.
