ella spoke in
ng her throat. "As soon as I finish dealing with this mess, I'll come straight
lied softly. "I'll be
of Arabella's restraint crumbled, and
daughter ha
her. Worse, she had made her aging parents suffer alongside her, leaving them t
remained silent, making n
Three years under the Wright family's suffocating roo
ease it today, something
console, pulled out two tissues, and pas
fore Arabella's choked
d the wetness from her cheeks a
y trace of fragility had vanished fro
ow. "Doesn't your cousin Clayton run a
That's right! He handles several of the biggest influencers out there. Ever
's tone. "The Wrights have given me plenty over the years. It's
der it
Amanda grabbed her phone and cal
est accounts. Yeah-I've go
ilence settled
d the glass, Lumina Tech Tower pierced the skyline,
een so blind
uietly endure another insult or l
t had piled up into a debt-and Arabella intend
bell
d staring silently at the distant tower, she immediately
talk. "We're going out tonight! We'll take the finest seat at Nightfall Bar, surround ourselves with a d
window. A dry laugh slipped out as she shoo
r. "What? Why? Don't tell me you'
hed as she questioned. "Amanda, remember
ttle guy. What does he
faintly. "Greyson isn't
me near. He'd wag his tail and lick my hand. Greyson, though? All he ever does is sink his teeth into me for some oth
iend for a beat before
paring him to a dog
this time, and the last knot of worr
r that her best friend
lla she remembered had finall
.
finally slept without
d the bandages covering the infected scrapes on her hand and knees, and
o waste what little s
ing for her wou
er, the furious clatter o
disheveled. Three laptops sat open before her as she t
ook who's talking! You're the vicious one, and your entire account is trash! Go ahe
hadows ringed her eyes. She pried them open, fumbled for her
he blurted out, "S
ied from the bedroom-only to stop dead t
oman stood a
ted lines, the thigh-high slit revealing a pair of long, gra
own, and three-inch black heels with unm
sh her beauty. If anything, they gave her polished appearance a battle-scarred edge. There was
ed. "Holy crap! Gir
rew the Wrights! And screw that bastard! Here's to putting every last o
's lips as she wrapped her a
y take that
g today, the life ahead o
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