The Jilted Heiress's Spectacular High Society Comeback

blood mixed with the suffoc

b of shattered glass. Rain lashed against the metal roof in a deafening roar. She trie

eath from her lungs. She looked down through the darkness. The dashboard had crumpled inw

und came from

at turned to sandpaper. She jerked her head

ar

d window. Her tiny pink dress was stained dark. Her face was covere

p between the front seats. She stretched h

inch away from C

's forearm. She did not feel it. She pushed harder, tearin

The sound tore her vocal cords, but the violent thunderstorm swallowed her voice wh

m of light suddenly

alt. A private medical helicopter touched down on a flat stretch of road fi

fist onto the center of the steering wheel. The damaged horn let out a harsh, b

y at the sports car. "Over there! The SUV driver is fine, but we have a severe asthma attack and a potential cardiac event in the sports car! Hurry!" The paramedics, following the urgent mi

her face against

car was Kyle. Devontae's mistress. In the p

nd crying hysterically. The paramedics rushed to her, carefully pulling

lly felt around the floorboards. Her fingers brus

slipped on her own blood as

he sound of wind and helicopter r

Devontae's voice was shar

g. "We crashed. Clara is bleeding. She's not mo

a panic attack. Brielle has asthma. They need t

veins in her neck bulged. "She is yo

am sick of you using Clara to play the victim and get

ne wen

he small, crushed cabin.

iana's car. She watched through the rain as the aircraft lifted off, carrying

ing from the ba

om the edge of the seat and d

air left her lungs. Her brain stopped pr

with both hands. She pulled. Her fingernails bent backward and snapped. Blood poured from her

l into the back seat. She pulled Clara's cold, limp body in

r heart. It squeezed until she could not breathe

trong. A thick pool of fuel had leaked from

nger seat. Her bloody fingers wrapped around the cold metal of a wind

n. Her thumb pressed do

. It illuminated her pale fa

opped the lighter into the p

of a second. The flames swallowed the car. Elliana wrapped her body complete

peak. Then, the world snapped i

Her lungs violently sucked in

chest, her heart hammering against her ribs like a

. There was no fire. The

et bed. Morning sunlight filtered through the sheer c