ooked past her bodyguards, her sharp eyes

seen in five years, Meredith's feature

er high heels clicking aggr

Meredith snapp

e lost her balance and collapsed

standing over her. Meredith raised her hand and s

ne's head whipped to the side. The split in her lip

rself up onto her knees. Tears spilled over her ey

oice breaking. "I'm sorry. I'm so

r's name pushed Mer

um Birkin bag and swung it down. She smashed th

h screamed hysterically

orehead. The skin split open. A thick line of bl

out as people recognized Jane f

d recording the disgraced socialit

pped her arms around her head, taking every blow. T

utomatic doors of the h

drop below freezing. The loud whispe

ling at the curb. Carson Long stepped into th

t. He looked like a god of destruction

ssistant, stepped forward. She aggressive

nd landed perfectly on the bleeding,

pupils contracted. His hands curl

in his eyes. The passage of time had only fermente

ith. She looked down at J

trash into the VIP sector?"

ound of Carson's leather shoes a

ough the blur of her own blood

stare. Only an absolute, con

e violently. The terror w

but her bloody hands slipped on the

The tip of his expensive leather shoe

vily. "Look at her, Carson. She ha

ith. His eyes were n

lips. A strange, uncomfortable tightness flared dee

st her usual manipulation. She w

is lips barely moved as he spo

ained m