ette or the seething Chip. Victory felt hollow, like ash in her mouth. S
th artistic disdain, stopped her.
as a celebrated, volatile artist, still smelling of turpentine and linseed oil
, running to him. "She's throwing me out!
He was a man ruled by emotion, not logic. He
arled, his face contorted w
ingers digging in, intending t
ast physical violation she wou
er patience, worn thin over ye
on the ball of her foot, letting his momentum carry him past her. In the same fluid mo
air forced from his lu
, twisted, and dropped her center of gravity. I
eet and slammed onto the plush Persian runne
le
, stunne
. This quiet, bookish girl they had always dismisse
the floor. Her voice was flat, devoid of any emot
esture, as if brushing off a piece of lint. Then she let her gaze
my mind," sh
r grew
oney. I don't need y
his moment, I, Fiona, am voluntarily relinquishing the Donalds
ce was more shocking th
ng with Cyrus's, "my attorneys will be in contact. If
voice. It was a vicious, hateful screech. "Get out
all, up the stairs, and into her room. A room that
llow apologies. She walked to her desk and picked up a single, worn silver frame. Inside was a fa
s all s
She passed them without a word, walked through
tside felt f
silently. The passenger door opened. A man in a sharp, dark s
Boss," Silas said in a
he looked back at the imposing manor, the prison of her youth, s
burning promise
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