The Jilted Ex-Wife's Lethal Comeback

ther clock against

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mahogany dining table. The silence in the Manhat

The beef Wellington was ice cold. The pas

hoed from the p

ands smoothing down the sides of her silk dress. Her c

d metal doo

't her

er sharp heels clicking against the Italian marble floor in a slow, rhythmic t

Her cold eyes swept over the table. She looked at

a harsh, scr

er throat. She lowered her chin, forci

Audrey s

ht up to Audrey, her gaze dragging up and down Audrey's b

with venom. "Sitting here like a useless ornament.

rward. She extend

f warm water and tw

um vitamins," Ge

igh-grade sedatives. Genevieve's personal prescription to ensure her l

tly cramped. Acid burne

d, her fingers trembling as she gripped the

"Do not forget where you came from, Audrey. The only reason you are allowed to b

h out. The maid grabbed Audrey's wris

e bodice of Audrey's carefully chosen silk dr

yes bored int

, but the fear of being thrown back into the gutter was stronger.

itter chalk coated her thr

et out a sa

said, turning her back. "Cheap candles and a

walked back to the elev

The sedative was already seeping into her bl

o-ceiling windows displayed the glittering, freezing skyli

lock on the fro

open. A rush of cold ni

an exhausting amount of power. He didn't even look at her. He strippe

her mouth up. She walked over

ston," she said, her voi

eyes flicked to her face f

he g

immediately pulled a sanitizing wipe from a silver dispenser on the counter, aggressiv

As she stepped up behind his b

the city. It wasn't h

ting blend of crushed ro

smell. Everyone in their elite circle knew that custom fragrance. It belonge

in, but the betrayal sliced r

ou tonight?"

ter. His knuckles turned white. He slowly turned aroun

at the company,"

n the edge of the crisp white fabric was a f

ear broke free and t

her voice shook,

hed so hard a muscle ticked in his cheek. He d

canter down on th

trides. His massive frame backed Audrey up until

he pinched her chin between his thumb and index finger. His gri

ed, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. "Do n

r lips, offering a kiss that felt mo

ing stench of Celestine's rose and san

tly heaved. Bile r

e. She brought both hands up and s

umbled back

a dark, terrifying fury. In two years of marriage,

hed up and adjusted his cuffs, his eyes stri

, looking at her like she was a stranger on th

walked straight down the

The sound echoed thro

rble floor, her hands covering her face as the illusion