h the hotel. Behind the scenes, it was controlled chaos. Colette was in the
me! Ma
here's a problem in the bridal suite. A big one. The bride's moth
ach clenched.
It was her job. Refusing wou
he nodded and made he
usual security detail posted outside the suite was gone. The
door to the bridal
ide, grabbing her arm and
She stumbled forward, catching her balance. Her stepmother,
The slap was sharp and loud, stinging
on this family,
nch. She met her stepmother's hatefu
stepped out from behind a decorative screen. They
Colette's feet. It was a wedding dress. An old one, torn, s
he bodyguards. "Let's show everyone
r a vanity table. Glass bottles of expensive perfume shattered o
rced the ruined, filthy dress over her head, pulling her arms through the sleeves. They t
r face. "You see? It doesn't matter what you do. Y
f adrenaline, she wrenched one arm free. Her hand closed around a pair of s
rs broke her skin, but the other guard was f
he convulsed, a scream trapped in her throat, and
nd ballroom, the weddi
lcony, Leo watched the security feed on his laptop. He saw
rage escaped his lips
override the suite's electronic lock.
d her toward the private elevator-th
m the booth. He took the service stairs, flying down them two at a ti
i-conscious body into the private elevator that co
boomed, his voice echoing through
urtains behind the
apped on, illuminating the f
s Col
od there, swaying slightly, her hair a mess, a bruise forming on
ed in disbelief. His shock quickly c
rom her head, and ripped it off, exposing her complete
he shouted, his voice shaking with rage, "is a patheti
e forced herself to stand straight. Her cold, clear
cry. She di
od. Her voice, when she spoke into the microphone Pres
carrying to every corner of the silent room, "i
anor, her face contorted with rage, rush
s at the back of the ballroom were thrown op
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