A Woman Scorned Rises

stance. I turned my back on Liam a

cigarette from my purse and lit it, the smoke a harsh bur

d it when

from behind me,

u start that disgu

re in sight. He must have put her in the car. His eyes were loc

y. This was

was eighteen, fresh out of a broken home and into the city's shark tank

is sycophantic friends. He had swaggered onto the bal

said, a sneer on his face. "T

ends ch

t with boys like him my whole

cigarette and blew the sm

anding in it," I h

n't used to being challenged, especially not by a girl he d

ou," he said, stepping c

said, dropping the cigarette and crushing it und

icant victory that had earned me an invitation to this event. I knew

walked past him and his stunn

arrived at my office. The card was si

pursued me with the same single-minded focus he applied to his business deal

s a game. But h

affection or stability, started to fall for it. He wa

e airport, that memory felt like

e. It was the same disdain he'd sho

, returned to hi