y a second. Then, her ac
look at Fiona. She scrambled off the bed and ran past her, out into the hall
his arms. "Fiona's gone crazy! She broke down
efender, immediately wrapped his arms around his "fragile" siste
ning of this? Apologize
e peacemaker. "Fiona, calm down. You're misu
Bette, who was artfully hiding her face in Alistair's shou
r father, Cyrus Donaldson, appeared at the top of the st
wed it! I spilled coffee on mine!" The
h. He cared about the Donaldson-Ball alliance. He cared ab
tation, this entire sordid affair ends now. Fiona, you will withdraw from the engagemen
to the wolves to protect Bette's name
en her. And she started to laugh. It wasn't a happy sound.
she said, her laughter dying i
almost satisfying. Bette and Chi
voice dropping to a steely
ping directly in front of her father. Sh
atement announcing that we are terminating the en
. "Are you insane? That's a decla
leman moves out. Today. My mother's
rieked from behind h
g to my mother's estate. The principal from her trust fund, which you've been illegally absorbing f
ition, Cyrus's
greedy and vindictiv
g something like this would happen. On the drive ove
hallway, clear as day. Their plotting, the
l Cyrus officially
agement will
along with the hotel's security footage of my fiancé and sister a
derstood the language of leverage. A scandal of this magnitude wouldn't just be emb
It was as if he was seeing his quiet, compliant daughter for th
tretched, thi
nched teeth, Cyrus s
face a mask of betrayal. For the
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