is face as he stepped forward, clearly taki
apped. "Without an invitation, you won't even get through the en
oved. "Step aside,
pletely lost it." He raised his voice sharply.
immediately. They lined up in fro
ough. We're already running late for the party."
im out in a hurry, leaving Gemma st
closed be
en surrounding her. Her expression s
g. "Miss Elliott, please return upstai
slightly. "You thi
nished leaving her mouth
rom where she stood, lea
before a sharp strike landed against his neck. His visio
remaining five men as
m every direction, cuttin
n a single motion. Her elbow drove backward into one man's ribs while her l
hoed, followed b
ree men froze fo
man standing in front of them was nothing like
ce. Gemma shifted her head slightly and let the blow pass by a hair'
g sound f
pped out of p
already turned with the motion. Her leg swung o
eir footing and cras
y, gripping their legs as
had passed from the
guards lay o
s if removing dust that had never existed.
epped past the men on the floo
wind stirred the
toward Prime Tower, Olnstea
rance of the city's largest seven-star hotel. Hundreds o
nvitation would be
ir car, Brendan was already waiting in the parki
bit the polished heir p
end
ugh his, her manner gentle and reserved. Brendan t
lie looked far more like a married pai
inside," B
otts toward the
ions and confirmed guest identities to ensure t
ing out their invitations when a sharp
man wearing a red evening gown. Her presence carried a co
a. She handed her keys to t
an saw her, his e
ssed. Since when had
the Gemma he remembered. The difference stru
moment, he s
tation. "Why are you here? Didn't your family already tell you to stay home instea
y before, he had almost believed
ours had passed before she retu
y had been nothing mor
at showing up dressed like that and begging me will change
be Gemma only came because she cares about you so much. But tonight's event matter
lves her family. Every single one of them st
n felt almos
ink I needed to en
m, yet the atmosphere
sneered
ck them so abruptly that, f
mma had already lifted the hem of her dres
" Robert snapped as he n
through clenched teeth. "Without an invitation, she won't get pas
aised his hand and blocked her path
ered without hesitatio
vitat
might need on
me from be
ad arrived just in time
g their heads in Gemma's direction. Th
ome back party. Does she seriously think
s Sallie Elliott's sister, ri
ave been raped by street thugs yesterda
spread throug
tantly. He spoke her name like he wa
ward and reach
Instead, she turned and s
h me. You d
ly through the entrance. For a mom
ned toward the
t," she said calmly. "If I'm not allowed i
her back straight a
me out and greet
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