-a secluded passageway designed specifically to connect the main ballroom to t
The overhead fluorescent lights flickered, c
idor intersected with a heavy glass
door, a massive hand sho
ed around her wrist
off her feet. She was dragged through the glass door an
erior marble wall. The impact kn
om her fingers, hitting the co
bbed from the hard marble. She forced her eye
arp, angular jawline of the
. Her second
on radiated from his pores. He leaned in close, his ches
ony bin," Ivan sneered. His voi
her arm, but Ivan's grip was immovable. The dif
Ella felt the bones in her arm grind toget
rom hers. "You think putting on a dress tonight changes what you are
ing. She let her arm
s, bloodshot eyes. The cold wind
g through the wind. "From the day they brought me ba
skin. "Because you ruined this family. You ma
y laugh. The sound was e
er eyes piercing through his drunken haze. "You ha
hing hitched
realized the moment I walked into that house that I was smarter than you. You were terrified th
th hit him like a physical blo
oed violently down the secluded hallway, the sheer v
vy hand flew up into the air, his fing
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