turned the night outside The Pla
th Avenue. The elite of New York clutched their blac
s tight with suppressed rage. Beside him stood Sophia
ater security guard asked.
r snapped. "I am the
He didn't look up. "You are
ialites behind him began to whisper,
e clutch. She hated Eleanor. She hated that the pat
. He grabbed the man's arm and aggressively
the heavy doors into
silk and diamonds. The room hummed with the nervous e
gne from a passing waiter. She j
ed venomously. "Eleanor can't even look a m
pped playing. The music shifted
rs at the top of the g
om fell de
he stairs. Her hand rested l
ic, toned body like a second skin. Around her neck rested the Thorne fami
the jewels that paralyzed
ling arrogance of a queen surveying her subjects. Th
over the rim of her glass, staining her d
open. He didn't recognize the dang
is lips brushed the
murmured. His breath was warm against
at him. She kept he
whispered back. "Control your face, Ethan. Y
The cameras flashed, capturing what looked
m of the stairs. The c
bbed Sophia's arm and dragged her through the crow
a sickeningly fake smile on his face. He held his a
ed at Arthur like he was a cockroach on t
arms hung awkwardly in the air
n a pathetic, sweet smile. She re
cooed. "We're s
eyes we
's fingers could touch her skin, Viv
nds grasped
down, her gaze lingering on
ed out. Her voice w
lier that evening, a silent acknowledgment of her
hief stepped out from
n my ballroom?" Vivian asked. She didn't lo
rowd
olent shade of red. Sophi
guards stepped forward, forming a
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