The Heiress's Unseen Revenge

my skin like a shroud. A passing taxi splashed a wave of dirty water over me, and the heel of my shoe snapped, sendi

eached the penthouse. The party was o

hiskey in his hand. He looked up as I enter

d to you?" he asked

t. He immediately wrapped his large, dry coat aroun

ours ago, would have melted my heart. Now, it wa

d like pain as he saw the cuts on my feet.

it, his touch as careful as if I were a precious doll. The sting of the w

rmur. He prepared the tub, filling it with steamin

traced a path down my cheek. I wiped it away, m

oison, and I had been d

d box on the coffee table. It was the gift I had brought back for him from

it up, a look of genuine surpr

it up. "Ella... this is incr

g, burying his face in

tensed. I pushed away gently. "It was noth

y voice flat. I needed to get away fr

gift. He didn't notice the coldness in my eyes or the trem

t get in the tub. I just sat on the cold floor, the steam filling th

up the screen. It

t to see it. It's the perfect gif

ldn't break any further, spli

er. I was just the errand girl, pick

my home. This was their home. I was just a temporary gues

overheard. Ella knows she

in a sea of lies. The

y gaze. I would not be a gh

amily. I would cl

ld start