of feedback shrieked through the spea
he announced, his voice booming with self-righteous pain, "will
of this moment, the engagement between Chl
h a fresh wave of gasps and
r head, hiding a smile of pure
ale. "Clay, son, please, don't be hasty
d, shaking off Jim's hand. "The
ck of wolves waiting to see the kill. They e
walked calmly
hand. She lifted it to her lips, and a brilliant, radiant
through the ballroom. "Thank God!
People stared, their minds strugglin
shattered. He stared at her, dumbfounded. The girl who had
, her tone light and breezy. "Mr. Franks has officially ended our engagem
daze. "Please make sure you print that," she said with another dazzl
g the story of the ye
ke a fool. He had intended to publicly discard her, only
, "Stop playing games, Chloie. This patheti
ssion of pure pity, as if examining a stran
r the microphone to pick up, "you really do have an inflated sense of s
the face. Clay's face tur
ars streaming down her face. "Chloie, how can you be so cruel
voice dropping to a conversational, lethal tone, "you can have him. This piece of trash
rk's high society, made the entire room gasp. Bailey w
crophone. It hit the
on the stunned faces and flashing
that overwhelming sensation, tilting her head to look up at the second-floor balcony. In a dark, recessed corner, she saw the faint outline o
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