Echoes of her kiss

pte

racks in

chandelier like a sleeping predator, even though the roses in the foyer began to droop, as if, it is under the weight of unspoken truths. Though the rumors

ney and bad choices with her, a spoiled heir of the Williamson estate that name going before him, known for its shipping empires and scandal-laced summer parties

ed with venoms, his smiles often stretching just wide enough to hide that jagged teeth of his intentions. W

n the elite circle was "the tap", not for his wealthhe owns, but for his inability to shut up, especially about his conquests for Juliet,

n should feel honored to be noticed by him. He saw women not as people in life, but as reflections of his own power he has acqui

had worn a black velvet gown with nothing inside but a gold clasp and he

to her about having sex with her, too close she said, his breat

't respo

riated hi

e, calling her "Miss Ghost," or "the stoic statue because of her attitude." He told mutual acquaintances she had once beg

, because of his desperations and attitude towards women.And An

omething else, resignation, discomfort, and unspoken ache of being reduced to less than a human. Rumors aboun

egos, that grew into calculated disdain. Every time he passed her, he muttered somethi

er like that," he told people. "Sooner or late

, Juliet

urn made things

leech. He accused her of being a "nostalgic for dirt," telling friends that Juliet

s" he sneered,that she'

life before Lewis, old photos, unverifiable rumors about her, bit

had the

tta to her

ut her hands trembling because of rage, he laughed. "Careful, Juliet," he whispered, "Yo

that is across the room. Anderson's laugh cracked through the music like glass under pressure.

s presence like static on her skin trying to penetrate her. His gaze was somewhere in t

otted her i

smile like a sliver of b

y, but not before

asked. "No envelopes on your m

flin

e ghosts with us. Yours just te

erself.and said "

"Of him? No. Of you? Maybe becau

en you're about to lose everything

to him, a low voice fro

her name. You just don't k

as M

for the first time he heard it. The tensi

power to ruin her, the other with the pow

. But everything else

was no longe

just