d the half-full bottle of Bordeaux from the table and hurled it against the stone fireplac
ing with rage. "Not only are you incapable of controlling y
his father's tirade. Catherine, meanwhile, was making a great show of gas
um, a shrill, electronic ring
Jordan'
caller ID, his expression shifted from anger to alarm. He quickly answere
see it in the tense line of his shoulders, the way
g up, his face pale wi
," he announc
nowhere!" R
cking. "She was... she was pushed by paparazzi out
servant. He ran from the room, from his furious father
n's engine roaring to life, followed by the
mistress over his family, in
lled wine, the shattered glass, the sputtering rage of her
in on the table, stood up,
atherine," she said to the chaoti
rought her Porsche around. She slid into the driver's seat, the oppressive atmo
e side, the manicured estates of the ultra-rich on the other. She rolled down the window, lett
s crashing against the rocks below. She killed
ed. The screen lit up with a notification for
ve a little
ution image of a wedding ring. A flawless, cushion-cut diamond in a platinum setting. She swiped. Another rin
from Hayes foll
Rich will need a
an most people's houses, she felt a strange, diz
d, elegant and understated. It wasn't the biggest, but the cut was exquisite,
d texted it back to hi
pe you're a goo
then pressed play. The car's speakers filled with his voi
oodni
ed through the quiet car, through her, ma
She took a deep breath, trying to calm her suddenly racing hea
t through the darkness. She pulled back onto the hi
rtney Stephenson, the
o the arms of a devil. And for the first time in a long time
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