His dress shoes scraped aga
brushing the fabric of his s
her hands. His eyes we
mmered, his words tripping over
. He spun around and sprint
un, burning rubber against the asphalt and sending up a cloud of acrid w
mask melted off her face. She watched the red taillights disappea
he bridal suite was silent ex
nsive, tailored outfits from the closet and threw them into
harp screech of brakes
ity guards, swerving and parking horizont
e, his suit jacket wrinkled. He looked like an
dal suite and shoved the double doors open with all his strength
atrina's face. "Take that statement down ri
e suitcase closed. She stood up straight and looked at her
ed, his face turning purple. "The stock price! The mer
ou don't care if I'm humiliated. You on
insult, the sound of multiple car do
mily convoy
oom, flanked by Jovani and Rocco, the massive head of security. E
d his solid silver cane into the hardwood floor. The s
vanished from his face, replaced by a
is is just a small misunderstanding between young people
an inch. She stared right
ing ice. "He pushed me out of the way to get to her. He put his hands on me and violen
aying the reasonable peacemaker. "Katrina, please. As his cousin
en clean up the messes in your own department, Jovani
his mouth, but no words came out. He awkwardly s
ootsteps echoed
shed into the room. He was sweating, fo
ounce of sympathy. His eyes burned with the
agging the reputation of this entire family th
The coldness spread to her fingertips. She turned her
r mean less than the zeros on your contr
trol. He raised his right hand high into the air, fully intendi
he tilted her chin up, her eyes blazing with a
wung down, Brandin lung
n his father's wrist, stopping the
r temper in front of the Meyers! We must maintain the Pennington fa
otecting her, and they weren't protecting their dignity. They were protecting their pristine c
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