Shattered Vases, Broken Promises

The room, with its floor-to-ceiling windows and minimalist furniture, was cold and impersonal, a space designed to be admired,

a building of grace and innovation that she knew, deep down, was brilliant. But her name would never be on it. It would be another feather in the cap of Liam' s prest

ckly slid the Azure Heights blueprints under a stack of innocuous papers, her heart pounding a nervous rhythm against her ribs. She was just

swept into the room. Her eyes, cold and critical, scanned Chloe's simple clothes and then the drafting table.

k, Eleanor," Chloe replied, her v

and Liam on their wedding day. "You are a disgrace. Liam is a titan of this city, and he is tied to a nobody, an opportunistic go

spond. Arguing was pointless

voice called from the doorwa

r and energy that seemed completely out of place in the sterile environm

entire demeanor softening. "I was just telling Chloe

as Ava' s eyes flickered towards the doorway, a brief, hungry expression crossed her face, an expression Chl