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orced her
swam. The ceiling of the Waldorf Astoria penthouse blurred into a smear of gold and white. Her mouth
t crash shatte
burst open. They slammed against the walls wi
orter, stood in the doorway. Behind him, a swarm o
et the shot!"
, her pupils contracting painfully. Her hands, heavy and uncoordinated, fumbled blindly over the mattress. She grab
ss shifted
obe lights, his face pale. In a split second, he scrambled backward against the headboard and yanked
f the mattress. He shoved a black mi
r family's merger?" Perry's voice was a loud, grati
eeded to tell them she was drugged. She needed to say she didn't know
. He stood on the mattress, poin
perfectly feigned hysteria. "She drugged my drink
on Ivor, capturing his wide eyes and his defensive p
n dropped into a bucket of ice water. This was Ivor. The man who had kissed he
of high heels echoe
. She wore a simple, pristine white d
. Her eyes turned red in a matter of seconds, and a single, p
ks smelling blood. Perry shoved his
the Conrad family, how does it f
r words, looking at the cameras. "She already stole my life for twent
lms against the mattress, ignoring the dizziness that threatened to black her out. She forced her weak le
aped off the bed. He rushed across the room and stood s
bella. They formed a tight, su
, Isabella!" one p
other screamed, the flas
gers clamped around Ivor's forea
lly breaking through the dryness. "You told me t
shirt cuff with his free hand-his nervous tell. T
d pulled out a sleek black smartphone.
e messages she sent me! She threatened t
tared at the glowing screen. The words weren't hers. The entire reality was inver
tep toward Isabella. She leaned down, pretending to off
re forearm. Her sharp acrylic nails dug viciously into the soft, vulnerable skin, twisting with calculated cruelty. Kaylie maintained her sorrowful, weeping mask for the flashing lenses, her shoulders tremb
looded Isabella's veins. The drug-induced f
rm with every ounce of strength she had left, a
could make conta
Isabella's shoulders. He pushed
ost her balance. The room tilted violently. She f
d into the sharp, solid edge
crack echoed
ision flashed out. A warm, thick liquid immediately pooled at t
l scream. She threw herself backward
closer. The camera lenses hovered just feet away from Isabella's
llow. The faces of Ivor and Kaylie blurred togeth
From the Manhattan streets far below, the faint, desper
ushed in, pull
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