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is cheati
aid as she got into the car. She eve
"What?!" She snapped her head toward Jeann
m the eighthour flight-along with an icy calm
taken secretly-Devyn, Jeannette's fiancé, was kissing another woman passionately.
the highway with violent speed. "That hypocritical, lying piece of trash! The Langley family parades
ed to let her hands shake. She pressed her thumbnail hard into the si
urred taillights of the cars ahead, "I ne
running down her spine at the a
ouse. The sudden absence of light felt heavy. Jeannette unbuckled her seatbelt with a
te kicked off her heels. She stepped barefoot onto the plush rug, completely ignoring
acallan and poured two fingers of neat whiskey into heavy crystal glasses. She shov
ulp. The alcohol burned a fiery path down her throat, settling like ho
press right now," Eleano
ud. "A photo isn't enough. The Langley PR machine will spin it. They'l
nated her pale face. Her fingers flew across the keyboard, pulling up the detailed asset lis
or?" Eleanor asked, lea
hey locked onto a specific address. A private luxury apartment on the Uppe
and zoomed in on the background. "Look at the headboard. Look at the custom nights
ulled out a sleek, black keycard. She slapped it onto
secrets," Jeannette said, a bitter, hollow laugh es
me you're not about to pull that same crazy stunt you used to crash those billionaire yacht par
her passed. She rapidly typed out a message to an old family fixer, someone who specialized in the grey areas of high society. She r
th. "That's a felony. You're c
voice dropping to a dangerous whisper. "I need you to use your media conta
ng her bottom lip. "The
ed eyes with her best friend. The i
r breathed out
first flight out in the morning from Boston to New York. Departure was at
anor begged. "You look lik
t down on the table, the crystal ringing loudly. "The f
r, the doorbell chime
a fraction of an inch. She took the black package, ripped it open on the kitchen isla
. She stripped off her travel clothes and pulled on a pair
k at her-cold, exhausted, and lethal. She looked down at her left hand. She grabbed the five-carat diamond engag
d her. Jeannette stepped alone
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