hit the final oak step
ving room fireplace stretched her s
center on the importe
on in his right hand. His eyes w
lowly turning the glossy p
lift her chin, treating
l bottom slammed against the expensive marb
of his tailored suit jacket and pu
n pen and quickly slashed a str
he binding and pushed it to the
insley to take it with the exact postu
walked
paper. The number five thousan
freezing mockery cr
. "That's more than enough for a Greyhound bus ticket back
y turned a page
again," Meredith added coldly. "We are
say a single
e, slender fingers and pinched
shed in Preston's eyes. He leane
t poor people. Throw some c
check up in the
ith both hands and ripped
aring paper echoed violently
froze mid-air ov
o torn halves together
al, and elegant, like she was dis
l its color, turning a
a, pointing a rigid fin
little bitch!"
ised her h
and let the shredded pi
air, landing all over the pristine marble ta
ead into Preston
ying a piercing weight t
s money is too dirt
ut a harsh, b
reets by tomorrow! Those bottom-feeding parents of you
nored his
as wearing a thick cashmere cardigan em
rapidly, undoing
er shoulders, leaving herself in nothi
igan carelessly onto the pile of
tie was compl
s on her table and wrinkle
eredith yelled toward the kitchen. "
strap of her canvas
nd walked straight toward the
amed curses
re dead to us! Don't you dare come crawli
d her hand around the freezing
cold smile to
the heavy
nto the heated living room, whipping Ai
landing, Katharina stoo
n, shivering back, her eyes shin
pped over t
the sickening hypocrisy behind her w
d slammed the heavy
oorframe, instantly slicing
n the pitch-black asp
air. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out her
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