From Heiress to Hellbent

RA was insolvent. The company she

e of, arranging severance packages she paid for out of her

hollowed out,

irk on her face. In her hands was a stack of Charlotte's orig

ia began to rip them in half, letting the

oice laced with venom. "

at Charlotte's face. A sharp edge of the thick paper

of humiliation, the beatings, the betrayals-it

alia across t

xpression twisted into one of malicious glee. She turned and

She stood among the rui

mark on Kalia' s cheek and the cut on Charlotte's. He didn'

rled. "You've lost everything, and you

yguards, who had follo

her arms beh

his voice dangerously sof

r eyes wide with disbelief.

y laugh. "Try me." He n

harlotte. Then again. And again. Each blow was a fresh wave of humiliation

r side, examining her hand. "Does it hurt? L

ce now swollen and bleeding. He just led

laugh bubbled up from deep insi

rds a frantic mantra. Cancel the en

would become his enemy. His r

hey had shared. She packed the few remaining p

rts of the city, a property Jaden had once

. She called the property

she overheard a conversa

agent was saying to the manager

ing the entire renovation himself. He said

nt Barnes was personally designing a new home for his beloved wife

e. For Charlotte, he couldn't eve

heart turned to dust. It was time to stop h

a blocked her path, a smug,

oice dripping with contempt. "Running