hloie's cheek. The sting register
vessels, slowly focused on the wo
delicately wiped her gloved fingers. Then she dropped
red, trying to bite the hand that had tormented her. The mercenary
ked cry from her lips. "You'll burn in hell f
e concrete walls. The laughter stopped as fast as it had start
Darling, you're the one
o the lie that had shaped her entire life. "
g pity. "Adrien Riddle never touched the Monro
whispered, her body starting to tremble uncontrollably. "That's im
ghtening up. "Every last one of
ks. Her fiancé. The man who had held her, comforted h
iring her work. "And the slow-acting neurotoxin you've been putti
she served Adrien the "calming" herbal tea. Her stomach heaved v
rum. "Did you really think Clay loved you?" she asked, her tone conversational. "He wanted
No, no, no," a desperate chant to
tapped the screen. A familiar voice fil
mpt. "She's perfect. Emotional, stupid, easy to control.
, was the final blow. The light in Chloie's eyes went out.
," Bailey said, pocketing the
od. A pain so immense it felt physical ripped through her chest. For seven years, she had carefu
age. Her head snapped up. Her eyes b
body forward. The heavy iron chair tipped and cra
n and stumbled backwar
he ground like a dying fish, trying to crawl,
ward and drove his steel-
oncrete. She coughed up blood, he
open again. A man in a camel-hair coat stood silh
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