aper. It was loud, forced, and desperate. But it died in
d onto Kandy with the detached fascination
ed to go for the throat. She targeted
st name with deliberate disrespect. "A miserable, subprime mortgage gambler. Sh
y went comp
ny, invisible sparks crackled at the very
r lips curling into an ugly sneer. "Your mother w
t mo
less than a second. Kandy's pupils dilated in sudden terror. The in
nd swung in a pe
like a gunshot in
to the side, and her body slammed violently into the solid wood of the wardr
idly swelling left cheek. She looked down at her fingers. There was a smear of bl
own blood shatter
rambled up from the floor, her manicured hands ho
omentum carry her forward. Janet grabbed Kandy's outstretched arm, twi
slammed Kandy face-firs
uashed against the peeling p
lips were barely an i
ce was the chilling calm of a grim reaper reading a sentence. "But have you act
f against the wall. The sheer weight of Janet's absolut
d, her voice slipping into Kandy's ear like ice water. "You saw the money, Kandy. You saw the penthouse.
the wall. "He's the strongest man on Wall Stree
eased Kandy's arm and stepped back, letting the
staring down at her, "pay attention to the prescriptions hidden behind
aking so violently she couldn't stand. She looked up at Janet, her
y screamed, her voice crackin
t her with abs
Kandy. Those four kids you bragge
darted frantically as she dug i
atal blow. "Blonde hair. Blue eyes. Jax Adler has dominant dar
llided with the brutal biological facts Janet just laid out. The image
onaire dynasty. She had stolen a dying
ing into her scalp. She let out a low, ag
A slow, terrifyingly controlled smile spread across Janet's face. It was the s
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