Adelaide's Revenge

AIDE

ed dark and bl

rd, through a secluded garden to a fountain where I used to go in secret when I f

ed in dirt and

ad again, and I threw up, falling

this to me?? He prom

bbed over the searing hea

laughter, music, and vo

vodka with Ethan. We were supposed to drink it together, feeling around for it under

both..." I

on, so I laid on my back, watching the moon

und of slow footsteps coming tow

ck to that ball unless the bitch and the bastard are g

rough rumbling voice

I could smell his perfume, a mix of

u're not my sec

rm but rough hand against my forehead. I saw him m

the feeling of being carrie

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ing to waste m

rty, but busine

y watch, already counting the

gagement party for your friend's b

of security, met my gaz

be there for an h

as getting e

kled c

wing his brother all around when they were younger. Not that Adrian paid him m

was sharp, disciplined, and cut from the right cloth. Eth

r the engagement, it

te power was never my thing but these past years as a Billionaire tech boss, I'd come to see how both went well hand i

be the first to get marrie

pulled up in front of the Dallas' mans

muted music mingled with the air of op

of my patented designs for computer processors, my company outpaced others by nearly 4000% percent. W

h as possible, so not much is known a

ech running for decades and away from Sharks while I was on the other side of the

ndsome, an eligible bachelor, but I missed when I was carefree and rode around

er and artificial respect, but I was bored. Bored out of my mind.

ave effectively retired f

eeling the gaze of someone from above, but I

r then. Perhaps

d hopeful investors. Talk never strayed from business and politics. I was con

eryone with a tear streaked face. As she ran past me to the door, I

s Ade

ly recluse and

nd on her enga

Dallas

ssing earlier.

like nothing had happened with the wait

corner was Ethan. H

om, shoulders tense and jaw locked, his

tention. That was clearly a gr

r what

family s

flute off a waiter an

anywhere!" That was the manager for one finance firm, all I remembere

her, as soon as her attention wa

ll of this fu

away from the obnoxious chat

away from, I could hear

rass and didn't seem to care. By the almost empty bottle of vodk

dsome as you..." she slurred her words, rai

huc

I'm n

d bitch I'm not comin

te it, those green eyes watched me with attentio

ably been out in th

across the garden and handing her to an e

nest apologies to my car

nd slammed

as long as you

best. Now

d onto private roads speedin

ht wasn't as bori

hy Jasmine of the drunken, pretty woman whom I'd carried. She probably caug

Adelaide Dallas...." I mutte