Rising From Ashes: The Betrayed Heiress

marble bar with a soft clink. Without warning, Dolly reached out with both hands and

Her body reacted on pure instinct. She tried to step back, but Dolly's perfectly mani

ke hug, Dolly pressed her li

. Her voice was no longer sweet; it was a venomous, gr

ine. The anger Dorene had been suppressing all night exploded. Her eyes narrowe

e herself. The physical force was entirely

ling, theatrical shriek. She threw her arms up in the air and hurled

e positioned right behind her. The table was stacked hi

able. The entire glass

r ripped through the ballroom. The string quartet stopped playing instantly.

e. She curled into a tight ball, her hands clutching her lower stomach in a death grip.

roze in shock. When he saw Dolly writhing on th

opping to his knees right into the broken glass,

hands hovering over her as if afraid to break her further. "Ar

, breathless sob. She looked up at Kadyn, then cast a terrified, trembling

ed like a bomb in t

tarted immediately, loud and vicious. The eyes staring at

lled away. Her brain completely short-circuited. She stared down at the woman

ple with rage. She pointed a shaking finger at Dolly. "You

a violent, irrational rage. He glared at Dorene as if she wer

his chest and pointed a shakin

igh ceilings. "If you have a problem, you come at me! Wh

the eyes of everyone present. She was officially the jealous

ook one step forward, her voice shaking with a mix of fury and profound betray

pped from every word he spoke. "I saw you violently

s. No class. She belongs in jail. Every word

to Kadyn's shirt collar. "Kadyn, please... don't yell at her,

rfectly. Kadyn's protective instincts flared to a dang

ne with absolute zero warmth. "If anything happens to Dolly

woman's lie to nail her to a cross without a second of hesitation. It felt like a

ysically rip Dolly's hair out, but Dorene grabbed Viv

he kept her spine straight, but the

and locked eyes with Dolly, who was

her mouth twitched upward into a slow, victorious, mocking smile. S

t an accident; she had done it on purpose. And the man sh

ounge, leaving Dorene standing alone in a sea of shattered glass an